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Had   /hæd/   Listen
verb
Had  past, past part.  (past & past part. of Have) See Have.
Had as lief, Had rather, Had better, Had as soon, etc., with a nominative and followed by the infinitive without to, are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the dative with forms of be, followed by the infinitive. See Had better, under Better. "And lever me is be pore and trewe. (And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.)" "Him had been lever to be syke. (To him it had been preferable to be sick.)" "For him was lever have at his bed's head Twenty bookes, clad in black or red,... Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie." Note: Gradually the nominative was substituted for the dative, and had for the forms of be. During the process of transition, the nominative with was or were, and the dative with had, are found. "Poor lady, she were better love a dream." "You were best hang yourself." "Me rather had my heart might feel your love Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy." "I hadde levere than my scherte, That ye hadde rad his legende, as have I." "I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself." "I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, Than such a Roman." "I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."






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... supply, and their speatiall order not to sett out any excepte this was done. And now a ship to come on their accounte, clean contrary to their both end & order, was a misterie they could not understand; and so much y^e worse, seeing she had shuch ill success as to lose both her vioage & provissions. The 2. thing, that another ship should be bought and sente out on new designes, a thing not so much as once thought on by any here, much less, not a word intimated or spoaken of by any here, ...
— Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' • William Bradford

... attendant anaemia, may be induced by bad habits, destitution, or constitutional depravity. Sickly forms, wrecks of health, address our senses on every side. All these subjects evidently once had a capital in life, sufficient, if properly and carefully husbanded, to comfortably afford them vital stamina and length of days. Alas! they have squandered their estate, perchance in idleness and luxurious living, or have wasted it in vanities or misdirected ambition. Having become bankrupts ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce

... A half dozen cowboys were camped there with a pack outfit, meaning to ride the canyons next day for cattle. They were cooking supper, and they had "beefed a critter" that had broken a leg that afternoon running among rocks. Casey shuffled his responsibility and watched, in complete content, while the show people gorged on broiled yearling steaks. (I dislike to use the word gorge where a lady's appetite is involved, but that ...
— Casey Ryan • B. M. Bower

... Ambassador in St. Petersburg on July 30th, and then offered on behalf of Russia to stop all military preparations, provided that Austria would simply recognize as an abstract principle that the Servian question had assumed the character of a question of European interest. As this proposal fully met the demands of the Kaiser with respect to the cessation by Russia of military preparations, the conversation as reported by the ...
— The Evidence in the Case • James M. Beck

... (five per cent. insurance, five per cent. interest, and five per cent. ordinary tear and wear) must be added to the yearly outlay, as here stated. The wages and provisions will remain the same. Iron boats can be had one-fourth cheaper than those built of wood; moreover, engines now made on the EXPANSIVE system, require fully one-third fewer coals, by which so ...
— A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World • James MacQueen


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