Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of go.
  • Preterit of gin.
  • noun The mouth.
  • An obsolete or dialectal form of yawn.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • imperative Began; commenced.

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  • verb Simple past of gin.
  • verb To go.

Etymologies

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See gin

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From Old English gān ("to go").

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Examples

  • But the cover makes me feel like if I don't pick it up and read it, Tsu'gan is going get up off his throne to set me on fire as punishment.

    Book Cover Smackdown! 'Zoo City' vs. 'Plague Year' (Czech) vs. Firedrake 2010

  • Gilpaëgan is an extensive and most fertile valley.

    Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

  • First, Grandmother cut off equal-size segments of her log of dough and then passed them to my mother, who used a wooden roller to flatten them into circles, a process called gan mien.

    My Grandmother's Dumpling Amy Ma 2009

  • It is interesting to note that the Hebrew word gan (garden) shares the same root as defend (ganan), whereas the Indo-European root of the word, gher, means to grasp or enclose (see Blomley, 'The Borrowed View: Privacy, Property, and the Entanglements of Property', Law and Social Inquiry, 30 2005, 623).

    Walled Gardens Miglior acque 2006

  • It is interesting to note that the Hebrew word gan (garden) shares the same root as defend (ganan), whereas the Indo-European root of the word, gher, means to grasp or enclose (see Blomley, 'The Borrowed View: Privacy, Property, and the Entanglements of Property', Law and Social Inquiry, 30 2005, 623).

    Archive 2006-11-01 Miglior acque 2006

  • D'vin glanced up at rumbling from D'gan's bronze and made a snap judgment.

    Dragon's Fire McCaffrey, Anne 2006

  • It had surprised him to discover how difficult it was to find a buyer for his firestone, given how all the other Weyrs had complained about D'gan's stinginess.

    Dragon's Fire McCaffrey, Anne 2006

  • "I've heard that D'gan's commissioned a fancy dirk for himself as a reward."

    Dragon's Fire McCaffrey, Anne 2006

  • Tarik took D'gan's words for a dismissal and was relieved to deal with D'gan's second, a reasonable man who asked few questions.

    Dragon's Fire McCaffrey, Anne 2006

  • He shook off the question, asking instead, "Was this D'gan's mine?"

    Dragon's Fire McCaffrey, Anne 2006

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