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gan 音标拼音: [g'æn] gin的过去式 gin的过去式 Gan \ Gan\, imp. of { Gin}. [ See { Gin}, v.] Began; commenced. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] This man gan fall ( i. e., fell) in great suspicion. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] The little coines to their play gunne hie ( i. e., hied). -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Later writers use gan both for singular and plural. [ 1913 Webster] Yet at her speech their rages gan relent. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
Gin \ Gin\ ( g[ i^] n), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Gan} ( g[ a^] n), { Gon} ( g[ o^] n), or { Gun} ( g[ u^] n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Ginning}.] [ OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan ( in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. g[ imac] nan to yawn, and E. yawn. [ root] 31. See { Yawn}, v. i., and cf. { Begin}.] To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See { Gan}. [ Obs. or Archaic] " He gan to pray." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] |
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