a' God's name

A form of in God's name — Used as an intensifier.

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Meanings

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  1. obsoleteObsolete form of in God's name.

    SIL. What, a' God's name, could come into the heads Of this people to make them rebel? ERN. Why, religion; that came into their heads A' God's name. GER. But what a devil made the noblemen Rebel? they never mind religion.

    1661, Samuel Tuke, "The Adventures of Five Hours", in 1876, Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt, A Select Collection of Old English Plays, page 217
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APA

a' God's name. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a'%20God's%20name

MLA

“a' God's name.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a'%20God's%20name. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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