Definition of May

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Definition of May

May

An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.

A maiden.

The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

The early part or springtime of life.

The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.

The merrymaking of May Day.

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May Quotations

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
Thomas Jefferson

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Thomas Jefferson

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Thomas Jefferson

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
Thomas Jefferson

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.
Thomas Jefferson

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.
Thomas Jefferson

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Thomas Jefferson

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
Thomas Jefferson

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Maya Angelou

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.
Maya Angelou

May Translations

may in Afrikaans is kan, mag
May in Afrikaans is Mei
may in Danish is kunne
May in Danish is maj
may in Dutch is mogen
May in Dutch is bloeimaand, mei
May in Finnish is toukokuu
may in Finnish is voida
May in French is mai
may in French is pouvoir
May in Italian is maggio
may in Italian is potere
May in Norwegian is mai
may in Portuguese is possa
May in Portuguese is Maio
may in Spanish is poder
May in Spanish is mayo
May in Swedish is maj

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