gan

[ gan ]

/ gæn /

verb

simple past tense of gin³.

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-gamous, Gamow, gamp, gamut, gamy, gan, ganache, Gäncä, Gance, ganciclovir, Gand

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Example sentences from the Web for gan

Hannah and the others with GAN would have at least a chance where there had been no chance at all.
The Shutdown’s Human Cost: A Family’s Hopes at NIH Put on Hold|Michael Daly|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As with other GAN kids, numbness is accompanied by an unusual sensitivity.
The Shutdown’s Human Cost: A Family’s Hopes at NIH Put on Hold|Michael Daly|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Eight weeks in the life of a child with GAN is huge,” Lori says.
The Shutdown’s Human Cost: A Family’s Hopes at NIH Put on Hold|Michael Daly|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The young James had a lot of irreverent fun with the idea of the Great American Novel—the GAN, as he called it.
Is Henry James’s ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ the Great American Novel?|Michael Gorra|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST

With all their wit they could not hinder it, when Folker and Hagen gan rage so sore.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
Then gan they from the wooing / strive to turn the noble thane.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
On all sides Hagen gan wake the warriors, if perchance they would fain go to the minster for mass.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
Increasing evidences of the enemy's presence be gan to stimulate them.
Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6)|John McElroy
Kriemhild gan make passing sore wail, or ever she heard aright that it was her husband.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown

British Dictionary definitions for gan (1 of 2)

gan¹

/ (ɡæn) /

verb

archaic, or poetic the past tense of gin 3

British Dictionary definitions for gan (2 of 2)

gan²

/ (ɡæn) /

verb gans, ganning or ganned

(intr) Northeast English dialect to go

Word Origin for gan

from Old English gangan; related to Old Norse ganga. See gang 1

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British Dictionary definitions for gan (2 of 2)

verb gans, ganning or ganned

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