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may
Pronunciation: (mā), [key]—
auxiliary v.,
—pres. sing. 1st pers. may,
—2nd mayor (Archaic) may•estor mayst,
—3rd may;
—pres. pl. may;
—past might.
1. (used to express possibility):
It may rain.
2. (used to express opportunity or permission):
You may enter.
3. (used to express contingency, esp. in clauses indicating condition, concession, purpose, result, etc.):
I may be wrong but I think you would be wise to go. Times may change but human nature stays the same.
4. (used to express wish or prayer):
May you live to an old age.
5. Archaic.(used to express ability or power.) Cf.
might1 .
may
Pronunciation: (mā), [key]—
n. Archaic.
a maiden.
May
Pronunciation: (mā), [key]—
n.
1. the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
2. the early part of one's life, esp. the prime:
a young woman in her May.
3. the festivities of May Day.
4. (
l.c.)
Brit.the hawthorn.
5. a female given name.
—
v.i.
(
l.c.) to gather flowers in the spring:
when we were maying. May
Pronunciation: (mā), [key]—
n.
Cape, a cape at the SE tip of New Jersey, on Delaware Bay.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
