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GAST
Proper noun
Gast (plural Gasts)
A surname.
Etymology
Verb
gast (third-person singular simple present gasts, present participle gasting, simple past and past participle gasted)
(obsolete) To frighten.
Anagrams
• ATGs, GATS, GTAs, TAGs, gats, stag, tags
Source: Wiktionary
Gast, v. t. Etym: [OE. gasten, g to frighten, akin to Goth. usgaisjan. See Aghast, Ghastly, and cf. Gaze.]
Definition: To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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