'ganst

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: gănst, IPA^(key): /ɡænst/

Verb

'ganst

(archaic, chiefly poetic) Abbreviation of beganst.
- 1815, Sir Egerton Brydges (editor), Restituta; or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature, Revived‎, volume 3, page 329:
  Why didst thou not their ruin recognize,
  Before thou ‛ganst this wicked enterprize?
- 1825, Hugh Stuart Boyd, Thoughts on an Illustrious Exile; with Other Poems‎, page 4:
  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

Gnats, Stang, Tangs, Tsang, angst, gnast, gnats, stang, tangs

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