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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Contraction of had.
- Contraction of would.
- Contraction of did.
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- verb
had (marking thepluperfect tense) - verb Had,
possessed . - verb
would - verb colloquial Did.
- suffix archaic traditional English
past tense indicator, largely replaced by-ed . - suffix Used to form the past tense of some verbs that are in the form of
numerals ,letters , andabbreviations , especially in online communication. Compare’s .
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