Wert

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Verb

simple past form

1. (archaic) Form of second-person singular simple past subjunctiveIf thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!
• 1611, The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version, (first & last usages),Job 8:6 "If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ..."Revelation 3:15 "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot."
• 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode),"Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."

Synonyms

• second-person singular, modern were (used with "you")

Anagrams

• trew