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Definition of May

May

  1. An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.
  2. A maiden.
  3. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
  4. The early part or springtime of life.
  5. The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
  6. The merrymaking of May Day.

May Quotations

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Buddha

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.
George Jean Nathan

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
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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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