"'ganst" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1815, Sir Egerton Brydges, editor, Restituta; or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature, Revived, volume 3, page 329",
          "text": "Why didst thou not their ruin recognize,\nBefore thou ‛ganst this wicked enterprize?",
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          "ref": "1825, Hugh Stuart Boyd, Thoughts on an Illustrious Exile; with Other Poems, page 4",
          "text": "Yes, thou wert brightest throned in regal power,\nBut greatest sinking in Misfortune’s hour.\nYes, like the God of Day, thou ‛ganst to peer,\nAnd clothe with golden light our hemisphere.",
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        "Abbreviation of beganst."
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        "(archaic, chiefly poetic) Abbreviation of beganst."
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      "ipa": "/ɡænst/",
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      "enpr": "gănst",
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