(mā) v.
Present: sing. may, may (Archaic may·est or mayst), may, plural may; past: might A defective verb now used only in the present and past tenses as an auxiliary followed by the infinitive without to, or elliptically with the infinitive understood, to express:
1. Permission or allowance: May I go? You may.
2. Desire or wish: May your tribe increase!
3. Contingency, especially in clauses of result, concession, purpose, etc.: He died that we might live.
4. Possibility: You may be right.
5. Law Obligation or duty: the equivalent of must or shall.
6. Obs. Ability; power: now usually can. ♦ See usage note under CAN. [OE mæg]

(mā) noun
The English hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha), with white, rose, or crimson flowers. Also may′bush′ (-bsh′). [<MAY, because it blooms in this month]

(mā)
1. The fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
2. The prime of life; youth.
3. May Day festivities. [<OF mai <L (mensis) Maius (month of) May, prob. <Maia, goddess of growth; so called because regarded as a month of growth]

(mā)
A feminine personal name: contraction of MARY.

(mā), Cape
The southernmost point in New Jersey between the Atlantic and Delaware Bay.