wert

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UK, stressed/wɜːt/US, stressed/wɝt/UK, unstressed/wət/

A form of be — Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.

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Meanings

verb
  1. archaicindicativepastsecond personsingularsecond-person singular simple past indicative of be

    Why wert thou there?

    1 more example

    1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode), "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."

    Synonyms: wast

  2. archaicpastsecond personsingularsubjunctivesecond-person singular simple past subjunctive of be

    If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!

    2 more examples

    If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ...

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 8:6

    I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 3:15

    Synonyms: were

Synonyms & antonyms

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were

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with wert

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Anagrams

trew
Cite this entry
APA

wert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wert

MLA

“wert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wert. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wert,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wert.

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