wore

verb

1. (form-of, past)simple past of wear
2. (colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past)past participle of wear

   “Crim. No, though I loſe that Head which I before / Deſign'd ſhould the Morocco-Crown have wore[…]”

   “Some of the greatest scholars, politicians, and wits, that ever Europe produced, have wore the habit of an abbé[…]”

   “But he wore surgical gloves when we had sex, I mean if we had had a body condom he would have wore it and he'd go wash immediately.”

3. (form-of, past)simple past of ware ("bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern")

phrase

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of write once, run everywhere.