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'ganst
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English
Pronunciation
gănst RP, en /ɡænst/
en ænst 1
Verb
en verb form
en archaic chiefly poetic en beganst.
en 1815 w:Sir Egerton Brydges Restituta; or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature, Revived 3 329 https://books.google.com/books?id=8xYLAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA329&dq=%22thou+ganst%22&ei=-bPUSo-sGo7WNbCP4fwN#v=onepage&q=%22thou%20ganst%22&f=false Why didst thou not their ruin recognize,Before thou ‛ganst this wicked enterprize?
en 1825 w:Hugh Stuart Boyd Thoughts on an Illustrious Exile; with Other Poems 4 https://books.google.com/books?id=1NAGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22thou+ganst%22&ei=-bPUSo-sGo7WNbCP4fwN#v=onepage&q=%22thou%20ganst%22&f=false Yes, thou wert brightest throned in regal power,But greatest sinking in Misfortune’s hour.Yes, like the God of Day, thou ‛ganst to peer,And clothe with golden light our hemisphere.
Anagrams
en agnst Gnats Stang Tangs Tsang angst gnast gnat's gnats stang tangs
en second-person singular past tense forms