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Definition for MIGHT
MIFF'ED
MIGHT
MIGHT
, n.
1
[mite; pret. of May.]
Had power or liberty. He might go, or might have gone.
It sometimes denotes was possible, implying ignorance of the fact in the speaker. Orders might have been given for the purpose.
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