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gast

verb \ ˈgast \

Definition of gast

gasted; gasting; gasts
transitive verb
obsolete
: scare
  • gasted by the noise I made, full suddenly he fled
  • —William Shakespeare

Origin and Etymology of gast

Middle English, from gast, gost ghost — more at ghost

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