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would

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Verb (usu participle)
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771 in 633 verses (in OT : 548 in 431 verses) (in NT : 223 in 202 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

wouldimp. [OE. & AS. wolde. See Will, v. t.].
     Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.  [1913 Webster]
    " Would was formerly used also as the past participle of Will."  [1913 Webster]
    "Right as our Lord hath would."  [1913 Webster]
wouldn. 
     See 2d Weld.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

would, v.aux. (3rd sing. would) past of WILL(1), used esp.:
1 (in the 2nd and 3rd persons, and often in the 1st: see SHOULD). a in reported speech (he said he would be home by evening). b to express the conditional mood (they would have been killed if they had gone).
2 to express habitual action (would wait for her every evening).
3 to express a question or polite request (would they like it?; would you come in, please?).
4 to express probability (I guess she would be over fifty by now).
5 (foll. by that + clause) literary to express a wish (would that you were here).
6 to express consent (they would not help).

Idiom
would-be often derog. desiring or aspiring to be (a would-be politician).
Etymology
OE wolde, past of wyllan: see WILL(1)

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