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Wert \Wert\ (w[~e]rt), The second person singular, indicative and subjunctive moods, imperfect tense, of the verb be. It is formed from were, with the ending -t, after the analogy of wast. Now used only in solemn or poetic style. Wert \Wert\, n. A wart. [Obs.] --Chaucer.