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'twere  (twûr)
Contraction of it were: "to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature" (Shakespeare).


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Well, 'tis a chance for the maid ---- Still, if 'twere the doing again, I wouldn't let her go till I had found out whether the gentleman is really a good-hearted young man and choice over her as his kinswoman.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
There silence speaketh, for no voice at all Can pass so strait a strait; but love will ply Where to all other power 'twere vain to try; For love will find a way whate'er befall.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
Twere better that ye perished in a Christian way than that ye plunged from off yon dizzy tower.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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