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withgang

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  • verb transitive To go with; fare with; accompany; partake (with); have commerce or dealings with; tolerate.
  • verb transitive To give license to; indulge (someone).
  • noun Scotland Free or unrestricted access (to); licence; liberty; freedom.
  • noun Scotland An opportunity; an occasion, circumstance, or means suitable; a chance or means of acting.
  • noun Profit; success; prosperity.

Etymologies

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From Middle English *withgangen, from Old Norse viðganga ("to access, admit"), equivalent to with- +‎ gang. Cognate with Faroese viðganga ("to confess, admit"). Compare also Old English wiþgangan ("to go against, oppose, pass away, vanish, disappear"). More at withgo.

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From Middle English *withgang, from Old Norse viðganga ("access, admission"), equivalent to with- +‎ gang. Compare withgate.

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From Middle English *withgang, from Old Norse viðgangr ("increase"), equivalent to with- +‎ gang. Cognate with Icelandic viðgangur ("success").

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