<p><strong>Auxiliary Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>present singular 1st person: may</li><li>3rd: may</li><li>past: might</li><li>present plural: may</li><li>2nd: may</li><li>or (Archaic) mayest or mayst</li></ul><p><strong>Uses:</strong></p><ul><li>(used to express possibility): It may rain.</li><li>(used to express opportunity or permission): You may enter.</li><li>(used to express contingency, especially in clauses indicating condition, concession, purpose, result, etc.): I may be wrong but I think you would be wise to go. Times may change but human nature stays the same.</li><li>(used to express wish or prayer): May you live to an old age.</li><li>Archaic: (used to express ability or power).</li></ul>