Was
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v.) The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.
(2): ( imp.) of Be
King James Dictionary [2]
Was, s. as z. the past tense of the substantive verb L., to be, to exist, whence English is, in the present tense, and was in the past as, I was he was.
