The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gan \Gan\, imp. of Gin. [See Gin, v.]
Began; commenced.
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Note: Gan was formerly used with the infinitive to form
compound imperfects, as did is now employed. Gan
regularly denotes the singular; the plural is usually
denoted by gunne or gonne.
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This man gan fall (i.e., fell) in great
suspicion. --Chaucer.
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The little coines to their play gunne hie (i. e.,
hied). --Chaucer.
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Note: Later writers use gan both for singular and plural.
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Yet at her speech their rages gan relent.
--Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gin \Gin\ (g[i^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gan (g[a^]n), Gon
(g[o^]n), or Gun (g[u^]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.] [OE.
ginnen, AS. ginnan (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut
open, cf. OHG. inginnan to begin, open, cut open, and prob.
akin to AS. g[imac]nan to yawn, and E. yawn. [root]31. See
Yawn, v. i., and cf. Begin.]
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as,
gan tell. See Gan. [Obs. or Archaic] "He gan to pray."
--Chaucer.
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V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
GAN
Global Area Network
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
GAN
GrenzAktenNachweis (INPOL)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
GAN
Generating and Analyzing Networks. "GAN - A System for
Generating and Analyzing Activity Networks", A. Schurmann,
CACM 11(10) (Oct 1968).