Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
were .
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Examples
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Shank is about killing everything with the fanciest manner possible - as if the title weren't obvious enough.
Neoseeker News Feed 2010
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If the title weren't taken, this likable little show might be called Commie Girl
unknown title 2009
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If the title weren't taken, this likable little show might be called Commie Girl
unknown title 2009
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If the title weren't taken, this likable little show might be called Commie Girl
unknown title 2009
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I want to forward this to him, just wish the first two words in the title weren't "shut up."
random($foo) 2009
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Adam Alleca and Carl Ellsworth, want us to be sure we're in a horror movie (as if the title weren't enough) so they start spilling blood right away.
Movie City News 2009
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I want to forward this to him, just wish the first two words in the title weren't "shut up."
random($foo) 2009
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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.
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If Palin weren't attractive not one person would care what Palin does.
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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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