About The Word Gan
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What's The Definition Of Gan?Synonyms | Synonyms for Gan: Related Terms | Find terms related to Gan: See Also | Gan In Webster's Dictionary \Gan\, imp. of {Gin}. [See {Gin}, v.]
Began; commenced.
Note: 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.
Note: Later writers use gan both for singular and plural.
Yet at her speech their rages gan relent.
--Spenser.
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