Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gan \Gan\, imp. of {Gin}. [See {Gin}, v.]
Began; commenced.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gin \Gin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gan}, {Gon} (?), or {Gun} (?);
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[=i]nan to
yawn, and E. yawn. ? 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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