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May <ref name="term_76641" /> | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61594" /> == | ||
<p> MAY, n. L. Maius. </p> 1. The fifth month of the year, beginning with January, but the third, beginning with March, as was the ancient practice of the Romans. 2. A young woman. 3. The early part of life. <p> [[His]] [[May]] of youth and bloom of lustihood. </p> <p> MAY, To gather flowers in May-morning. </p> <p> MAY, verb aux pret.might. </p> 1. To be possible. We say, a thing may be, or may not be an event may happen a thing may be done, if means are not wanting. 2. To have physical power to be able. <p> Make the most of life you may. </p> 3. To have moral power to have liberty, leave, license or permission to be permitted to be allowed. A man may do what the laws permit. [[He]] may do what is not against decency, propriety or good manners. We may not violate the laws, or the rules of good breeding. I told the servant he might be absent. <p> [[Thou]] mayest be no longer steward. [[Luke]] 16 . </p> 4. It is used in prayer and petitions to express desire. O may we never experience the evils we dread. [[So]] also in expressions of good will. May you live happily, and be a blessing to your country. It was formerly used for can, and its radical sense is the same. <p> May be, it may be, are expressions equivalent to perhaps, by chance, peradventure, that is, it is possible to be. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76641" /> == | |||
<p> The fifth month of the year, so called from a [[Sanskrit]] word signifying to grow, as being the shooting or growing month. </p> | <p> The fifth month of the year, so called from a [[Sanskrit]] word signifying to grow, as being the shooting or growing month. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_61594"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/may May from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_76641"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/may May from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76641"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/may May from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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