HAD, pret. and pp. of have; contracted from Sax.haefd, that is, haved; as, I had; I have had. In the phrase, ""I had better go,"" it is supposed that had is used for would; ""I'd better go."" The sense of the phrase is, ""it would be better for me to go.""
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