Definition of was

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Was (v.) The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was..

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Dependence :: Dependence (n.) That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence..
Cesspipe :: Cesspipe (n.) A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool..
Havoc :: Havoc (n.) Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.
Fag :: Fag (v. t.) To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out..
Wastage :: Wastage (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste..
Serapis :: Serapis (n.) An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome..
Wawaskeesh :: Wawaskeesh (n.) The wapiti, or wapiti, or American elk..
Recruit :: Recruit (v. t.) To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits..
Stager :: Stageplayer (n.) An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer..
Imprudence :: Imprudence (n.) The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; reshness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence..
Rout :: Rout (n.) The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete..
Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights..
Ganza :: Ganza (n.) A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world..
Goose :: Goose (n.) A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted..
She :: She (obj.) This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of..
Gnosis :: Gnosis (n.) The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics..
Marquis :: Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent..
Hippocrene :: Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration..
Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) A profligate.
Hit :: Hit (v. i.) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck..
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