Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of were.

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Examples

  • Shank is about killing everything with the fanciest manner possible - as if the title weren't obvious enough.

    Neoseeker News Feed 2010

  • If the title weren't taken, this likable little show might be called Commie Girl

    unknown title 2009

  • If the title weren't taken, this likable little show might be called Commie Girl

    unknown title 2009

  • If the title weren't taken, this likable little show might be called Commie Girl

    unknown title 2009

  • I want to forward this to him, just wish the first two words in the title weren't "shut up."

    random($foo) 2009

  • Adam Alleca and Carl Ellsworth, want us to be sure we're in a horror movie (as if the title weren't enough) so they start spilling blood right away.

    Movie City News 2009

  • I want to forward this to him, just wish the first two words in the title weren't "shut up."

    random($foo) 2009

  • The word "conservative" implies we have something we'd like to conserve, and the originators of the term weren't only thinking about the abstract principle of the free market.

    The Boar's Head Tavern 2008

  • If Palin weren't attractive not one person would care what Palin does.

    Axelrod: I'm not thinking about Palin's next move 2009

  • As if the "death panel" label weren't destructive enough, recent health care reform discussions have linked end-of-life care to cost-savings and rationing.

    5 Years After Terri Schiavo: What Have We Learned? M.D. David Casarett 2010

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