gan \gan\, imp. of gin. see gin, v.
   began; commenced.
   1913 webster

   note: gan was formerly used with the infinitive to form
         compound imperfects, as did is now employed. gan
         regularly denotes the singular; the plural is usually
         denoted by gunne or gonne.
         1913 webster

               this man gan fall i.e., fell in great
               suspicion.                         --chaucer.
         1913 webster

               the little coines to their play gunne hie i. e.,
               hied.                             --chaucer.
         1913 webster

   note: later writers use gan both for singular and plural.
         1913 webster

               yet at her speech their rages gan relent.
                                                  --spenser.
         1913 webster
see also:
gin 

gin \gin\ gi^n, v. i. imp.  p. p. gan ga^n, gon
   go^n, or gun gu^n; 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. gimacnan to yawn, and e. yawn. root31. 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
gan gon gun ginning yawn begin 

gan
     see gin
     also: ganning, ganned
see also:
gin ganning ganned 

gin
     n 1: strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
     2: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose syn: snare,
         noose
     3: a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
        syn: cotton gin
     4: a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards
        remaining in their hand total less than 10 points syn: gin
        rummy, knock rummy
     v 1: separate the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin
     2: trap with a snare; "gin game"
     also: ginning, ginned, gan
see also:
snare noose cotton gin gin rummy knock rummy ginning 
ginned gan 

gan
     global area network
     
     

gan
     grenzaktennachweis inpol
     
     

gan
     
        generating and analyzing networks.  "gan - a system for
        generating and analyzing activity networks", a. schurmann,
        cacm 1110 oct 1968.