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Webster 1913 Edition
Gan
Gan
,imp.
of
Gin
. [See ]
Gin
, Verb.
Began; commenced.
☞ Gan was formerly used with the infinitive to form compound imperfects, as did is now employed. Gan regularly denotes the singular; the plural is usually denoted by gunne or gonne.
This man
gan fall
(i.e., fell) in great suspicion. Chaucer.
The little coines to their play
gunne hie
(i. e., hied). Chaucer.
Later writers use gan both for singular and plural.
Yet at her speech their rages
gan
relent. Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gan
GAN
, a contraction of began, or rather the original simple word, Sax. gynnan, to begin.Definition 2024
gǎn
gǎn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"
Mandarin
Romanization
gǎn (Zhuyin ㄍㄢˇ)
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