"gast" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɡɑːst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡæst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gast.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gasts [present, singular, third-person], gasting [participle, present], gasted [participle, past], gasted [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːst, -æst Etymology: From Middle English gasten, from Old English gǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną. Also spelled ghast due to association with ghost. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gasten}} Middle English gasten, {{inh|en|ang|gǣstan}} Old English gǣstan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gaistijaną}} Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną, {{m|en|ghast}} ghast, {{m|en|ghost}} ghost Head templates: {{en-verb}} gast (third-person singular simple present gasts, present participle gasting, simple past and past participle gasted)
  1. (obsolete) To frighten. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Fear

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Alternative forms

Download JSON data for gast meaning in English (2.4kB)

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