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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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gon \Gon\,
imp. & p. p. of {Go}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
more about gon
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