WAS


Meaning of WAS in English

/wuz, woz/ ; unstressed /weuhz/ , v.

1st and 3rd pers. sing. pt. indic. of be .

[ bef. 950; ME; OE waes, past tense sing. of wesan to be; c. OFris, OHG, Goth was, ON var; cf. WASSAIL ]

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