May

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The merrymaking of May Day.

II. May ·noun A Maiden.

III. May ·noun The early part or springtime of life.

IV. May ·noun The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

V. May ·noun The flowers of the hawthorn;

— so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.

VI. May ·v An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility;

— now oftener expressed by can.

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