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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gan

	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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gan

	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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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Gan

	gan
     See gin
     [also: ganning, ganned]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Gan

	gin
     n 1: strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
     2: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose [syn: snare,
         noose]
     3: a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
        [syn: cotton gin]
     4: a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards
        remaining in their hand total less than 10 points [syn: gin
        rummy, knock rummy]
     v 1: separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
     2: trap with a snare; "gin game"
     [also: ginning, ginned, gan]

Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
Gan

	GAN
     Global Area Network

Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
Gan

	GAN
     GrenzAktenNachweis (INPOL)

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
Gan

	GAN
     
        Generating and Analyzing Networks.  "GAN - A System for
        Generating and Analyzing Activity Networks", A. Schurmann,
        CACM 11(10) (Oct 1968).

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