Results for may
Definitions of may:
part of speech: auxiliary verb
To be able; be allowed; to express earnest desire; as, may you never repent this act; to be, under the circumstances, possible; as, the illness may cause his death; to chance, or happen by chance.- May, the fifth month of the year.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To gather May ( prov. E. the blossom of the hawthorn, which blooms in May):- pr. p. Maying.
part of speech: past tense
part of speech: noun
part of speech: verb
An auxiliary verb expressing liberty, desire, or wish; to be able; to be possible, as it may be so; to be permitted or allowed; to be by chance, as how old may he be.