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11were — O.E. wæron (past plural indicative of wesan) and wære (second person singular past indicative); see WAS (Cf. was). The forms illustrate Verner s Law (named for Danish linguist Karl Verner, 1875), which predicts the s to z sound shift, and… …
12Were your ears burning? — Were (your) ears burning? (your) ears must be burning something that you say to someone who is being talked about. Were your ears burning? We were just talking about you …
13Were ears burning? — Were (your) ears burning? (your) ears must be burning something that you say to someone who is being talked about. Were your ears burning? We were just talking about you …
14Were — Were, v. t. & i. To wear. See 3d {Wear}. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
15Were — Were, n. A weir. See {Weir}. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] …
16Were — Were, v. t. [AS. werian.] To guard; to protect. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
17Were You Always an Italian? — is memoir written by American author Maria Laurino and published by W.W. Norton in 2000. It was a national bestseller and its chapters have been widely anthologized including in the Norton Reader, the Italian American Reader, Don t Tell Mama!,… …
18Were Ilu (awraja) — Were Ilu est un ancien awraja de la province du Wello, en Éthiopie. Sa capitale administrative était Were Illu. Portail de l’Éthiopie Catégorie : Awraja d Éthiopie …
19were something to do something — were someone/something to do something formal phrase used in a conditional clause for describing a situation that is not real or that is very unlikely to happen Were Shakespeare to return today, he would be amazed to find his plays being studied …
20were someone to do something — were someone/something to do something formal phrase used in a conditional clause for describing a situation that is not real or that is very unlikely to happen Were Shakespeare to return today, he would be amazed to find his plays being studied …
