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'twere|twɛə(r), twə(r)|
also twer, abbreviation of it were (= it would be), formerly common, now poetic or archaic:
see it.
1605Shakes. Macb. i. vii. 1 If it were done,..then 'twer well, It were done quickly. 1607― Cor. iv. iv. 15 Friends..who Twin (as 'twere) in Loue, Vnseparable. 1614Gorges Lucan x. 448 Thus doubtfull musing whether tweare Fitter to die or basely feare. 1808[see it A. γ]. 1832Tennyson To J. S. 66 'Twere better I should cease. |