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 .
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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 .
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This man gan fall (
i .
e .,
fell )
in great suspicion . --
Chaucer .
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The little coines to their play gunne hie (
i .
e .,
hied ). --
Chaucer .
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Note :
Later writers use gan both for singular and plural .
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Yet at her speech their rages gan relent .
--
Spenser .
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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 .
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