"goam" meaning in English

See goam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: goams [present, singular, third-person], goaming [participle, present], goamed [participle, past], goamed [past]
Etymology: Variant of gorm/ gaum, which see for more. Etymology templates: {{dbt|en|gaum|notext=1}} gaum Head templates: {{en-verb}} goam (third-person singular simple present goams, present participle goaming, simple past and past participle goamed)
  1. (rare) To see, to recognize, to take notice of. Tags: rare Related terms: gorm (english: gape, gawk), gaum (english: understand; comprehend; consider)
    Sense id: en-goam-en-verb-k6ahMNmi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1884, Charles Stuart, David Blythe: The Gipsy King : a Character Sketch, page 131:",
          "text": "He never goamed the lassie afterwards, and, in his despair, he began to drink, and drank heavily. He knew his rival by sight, and, knowing the road he would take to reach his home, Scott waylaid and beat him to death on Greenlaw Muir.",
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        {
          "ref": "1897, Peter Hay Hunter, John Armiger's Revenge, page 21:",
          "text": "\"He never goam'd me,\" the aggrieved countryman would say with much bitterness.",
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        "(rare) To see, to recognize, to take notice of."
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        "(rare) To see, to recognize, to take notice of."
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