"y'ere" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /jɜː(ɹ)/, /jə(ɹ)/ [unstressed]
Head templates: {{head|en|contraction}} y'ere
  1. (obsolete, rare) Contraction of ye were. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete, rare Alternative form of: ye were
    Sense id: en-y'ere-en-contraction-FeeNvNr6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1709, Robert Gould, A Satyr against the Pride, Luſt, and Inconſtancy, &c. of Woman, page 8:",
          "text": "Rivers adorn the Earth ; the Fiſh, the Seas ;\nFlowers and Graſs, the Meadows ; Fruit and Trees ;\nThe Starts, the Fields of Air thro’ which they ride ;\nAnd Woman all the Works of God beſide ;\nYet baſe detracting Envy won’t allow\nThey ſhould adorn themſelves ; then pray, Sir, now\nProduce ſome reaſons why y’ere ſo ſevere ;\nFor envious as you are, you know they’re Fair.",
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