D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Was

/(wŏz)/ · IPA /wəz/
01 v. The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.
  1. 1.
    The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.