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I. verb (gan; ~ning) Etymology: Middle English ~nen, short for be~nen Date: 13th century be~ , II. noun see: en~e Date: 13th century any of various tools or mechanical devices: as, a snare or trap for game, cotton ~ , III. transitive verb (~ned; ~ning) Date: 1606 snare , to separate (cotton fiber) from seeds and waste material, to come up with ; generate , ~ner noun IV. conjunction Etymology: perhaps by contraction from dialect gif if + an if Date: 1580 if , V. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration from geneva Date: 1713 a colorless alcoholic beverage made from distilled or redistilled neutral grain spirits flavored with juniper berries and aromatics (as anise and caraway seeds), 2. ~ rummy , the act of laying down a full hand of matched cards in ~ rummy, ~ny adjective