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was
was
[
stressed woz,
wuz,
unstressed wəz
]
Definition:
Past tense of
be
1
(
used with I, he, she, it, and singular nouns
)
[
Old English
wæs
, form of
wesan
"be" < Indo-European, "stay, dwell"
]
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