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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  May  \May\,  v.  [imp.  {Might}]  [AS.  pres.  m[ae]g  I  am  able,  pret. 
  meahte,  mihte;  akin  to  D.  mogen,  G.  m["o]gen,  OHG.  mugan, 
  magan,  Icel.  mega,  Goth.  magan,  Russ.  moche.  ?.  Cf  {Dismay}, 
  {Main}  strength,  {Might}.  The  old  imp.  mought  is  obsolete, 
  except  as  a  provincial  word.] 
  An  auxiliary  verb  qualifyng  the  meaning  of  another  verb  by 
  expressing: 
  a  Ability,  competency,  or  possibility;  --  now  oftener 
  expressed  by  can. 
 
  How  may  a  man,  said  he  with  idle  speech,  Be  won  to 
  spoil  the  castle  of  his  health  !  --Spenser. 
 
  For  what  he  [the  king]  may  do  is  of  two  kinds;  what 
  he  may  do  as  just  and  what  he  may  do  as  possible. 
  --Bacon. 
 
  For  of  all  sad  words  of  tongue  or  pen  The  saddest 
  are  these:  ``It  might  have  been.''  --Whittier. 
  b  Liberty;  permission;  allowance. 
 
  Thou  mayst  be  no  longer  steward.  --Luke  xvi.  2. 
  c  Contingency  or  liability;  possibility  or  probability. 
 
  Though  what  he  learns  he  speaks,  and  may  advance 
  Some  general  maxims,  or  be  right  by  chance.  --Pope. 
  d  Modesty,  courtesy,  or  concession,  or  a  desire  to  soften  a 
  question  or  remark. 
 
  How  old  may  Phillis  be  you  ask  --Prior. 
  e  Desire  or  wish,  as  in  prayer,  imprecation,  benediction, 
  and  the  like  ``May  you  live  happily.''  --Dryden. 
 
  {May  be},  &  {It  may  be},  are  used  as  equivalent  to  possibly, 
  perhaps,  by  chance,  peradventure.  See  1st  {Maybe}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  May  \May\,  n.  [Cf.  Icel.  m[ae]r,  Goth.  mawi;  akin  to  E.  maiden. 
  ?.] 
  A  maiden.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  May  \May\,  n.  [F.  Mai,  L.  Maius;  so  named  in  honor  of  the 
  goddess  Maia  (Gr.  ?),  daughter  of  Atlas  and  mother  of  Mercury 
  by  Jupiter.] 
  1.  The  fifth  month  of  the  year,  containing  thirty-one  days. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  The  early  part  or  springtime  of  life. 
 
  His  May  of  youth,  and  bloom  of  lustihood.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  (Bot.)  The  flowers  of  the  hawthorn;  --  so  called  from 
  their  time  of  blossoming;  also  the  hawthorn. 
 
  The  palm  and  may  make  country  houses  gay.  --Nash. 
 
  Plumes  that  micked  the  may  --Tennyson. 
 
  4.  The  merrymaking  of  May  Day  --Tennyson. 
 
  {Italian  may}  (Bot.),  a  shrubby  species  of  {Spir[ae]a}  ({S. 
  hypericifolia})  with  many  clusters  of  small  white  flowers 
  along  the  slender  branches. 
 
  {May  apple}  (Bot.),  the  fruit  of  an  American  plant 
  ({Podophyllum  peltatum}).  Also  the  plant  itself 
  (popularly  called  {mandrake}),  which  has  two  lobed  leaves, 
  and  bears  a  single  egg-shaped  fruit  at  the  forking.  The 
  root  and  leaves,  used  in  medicine,  are  powerfully  drastic. 
 
 
  {May  beetle},  {May  bug}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  numerous 
  species  of  large  lamellicorn  beetles  that  appear  in  the 
  winged  state  in  May  They  belong  to  {Melolontha},  and 
  allied  genera.  Called  also  {June  beetle}. 
 
  {May  Day},  the  first  day  of  May  --  celebrated  in  the  rustic 
  parts  of  England  by  the  crowning  of  a  May  queen  with  a 
  garland,  and  by  dancing  about  a  May  pole. 
 
  {May  dew},  the  morning  dew  of  the  first  day  of  May  to  which 
  magical  properties  were  attributed. 
 
  {May  flower}  (Bot.),  a  plant  that  flowers  in  May  also  its 
  blossom.  See  {Mayflower},  in  the  vocabulary. 
 
  {May  fly}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  species  of  {Ephemera},  and  allied 
  genera;  --  so  called  because  the  mature  flies  of  many 
  species  appear  in  May  See  {Ephemeral  fly},  under 
  {Ephemeral}. 
 
  {May  game},  any  May-day  sport. 
 
  {May  lady},  the  queen  or  lady  of  May  in  old  May  games. 
 
  {May  lily}  (Bot.),  the  lily  of  the  valley  ({Convallaria 
  majalis}). 
 
  {May  pole}.  See  {Maypole}  in  the  Vocabulary. 
 
  {May  queen},  a  girl  or  young  woman  crowned  queen  in  the 
  sports  of  May  Day 
 
  {May  thorn},  the  hawthorn. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  May 
  n  1:  the  month  following  April  and  preceding  June  [syn:  {May}] 
  2:  thorny  Eurasian  shrub  of  small  tree  having  dense  clusters  of 
  white  to  scarlet  flowers  followed  by  deep  red  berries; 
  established  as  an  escape  in  eastern  North  America  [syn:  {whitethorn}, 
  {English  hawthorn},  {Crataegus  laevigata},  {Crataegus 
  oxycantha}] 
  v  1:  expresses  permission;  "You  may  leave  now";  "Can  I  have 
  another  piece  of  cake?"  [syn:  {can},  {might}] 
  2:  get  to  or  be  allowed  to  do  something  "May  I  go  to  the 
  movies  tonight?"  "Can  I  have  some  ice  cream?"  "We  got  to 
  play  video  games  all  day  long"  [syn:  {can},  {get}]  [ant:  {must 
  not}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  May  OK  (town,  FIPS  47000) 
  Location:  36.61650  N,  99.74896  W 
  Population  (1990):  42  (34  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  73851 
  May  TX 
  Zip  code(s):  76857




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