had

1. (auxiliary, followed by a past participle) Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took place prior to a reference point that is itself in the past.Examples: "I felt sure that I had seen him before."; "When I'd (already) done some exercise, I had a cappuccino."; "Cooper seems an odd choice, but imagine if they had taken MTV's advice and chosen Robert Pattinson?"auxiliary

2. (auxiliary, now rare) As past subjunctive: would have.Examples: "To holde myne honde, by God, I had grete payne; / For forthwyth there I had him slayne, / But that I drede mordre wolde come oute[…]."; "Julius Cæsar had escaped death, if going to the Senate-house, that day wherein he was murthered by the Conspirators, he had read a memorial which was presented unto him."; "If all was good and fair we met, / This earth had been the Paradise / It never look’d to human eyes / Since our first Sun arose and set."archaicauxiliary