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would (wo̵od)

auxiliary verb

  1. will she said she would be finished before six, in those days we would talk for hours on end
  2. used to express a supposition or condition he would write if he knew you would answer; I wouldn't do that for anything
  3. used to make a very polite or formal request would you please open the window?

Etymology: ME wolde < OE, pt. of willan, to wish, will

transitive verb

Old Poet. if only; I wish would that she were here

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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