1. verb /meɪ/
a) To be able to go.
But many times [...] we give way to passions we may resist and will not.
b) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
O weary night, O long and tedious night, / Abate thy houres, shine comforts from the East, / That I may backe to Athens by day-light [...].
2. noun /meɪ/
a) The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
Syn: yağ
3. adverb /meɪ/
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