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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Give \Give\, v. t. To afford a view of as his window gave the park. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Give \Give\ (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v"'n); p. pr & vb n. {Giving}.] [OE. given yiven, yeven, AS gifan giefan akin to D. geven, OS ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw gifva Dan. give Goth. giban. Cf {Gift}, n.] 1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow For generous lords had rather give than pay --Young. 2. To yield possesion of to deliver over as property, in exchange for something to pay as we give the value of what we buy What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? --Matt. xvi. 26. 3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as flint and steel give sparks. 4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc 5. To grant power or license to to permit; to allow to license; to commission. It is given me once again to behold my friend. --Rowe. Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. --Pope. 6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show as the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship. 7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self as the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study. 8. (Logic & Math.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given 9. To allow or admit by way of supposition. I give not heaven for lost. --Mlton. 10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover. --Sheridan. 11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as to give offense; to give pleasure or pain. 12. To pledge; as to give one's word 13. To cause to make -- with the infinitive; as to give one to understand, to know etc But there the duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. --Shak. {To give away}, to make over to another; to transfer. Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves --Atterbury. {To give back}, to return; to restore. --Atterbury. {To give the bag}, to cheat. [Obs.] I fear our ears have given us the bag. --J. Webster. {To give birth to}. a To bear or bring forth, as a child. b To originate; to give existence to as an enterprise, idea. {To give chase}, to pursue. {To give ear to}. See under {Ear}. {To give forth}, to give out to publish; to tell --Hayward. {To give ground}. See under {Ground}, n. {To give the hand}, to pledge friendship or faith. {To give the hand of}, to espouse; to bestow in marriage. {To give the head}. See under {Head}, n. {To give in}. a To abate; to deduct. b To declare; to make known to announce; to tender; as to give in one's adhesion to a party. {To give the lie to} (a person), to tell him that he lies. {To give line}. See under {Line}. {To give off}, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc {To give one's self away}, to make an inconsiderate surrender of one's cause an unintentional disclosure of one's purposes, or the like [Colloq.] {To give out}. a To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare. One that gives out himself Prince Florizel --Shak. Give out you are of Epidamnum --Shak. b To send out to emit; to distribute; as a substance gives out steam or odors. {To give over}. a To yield completely; to quit to abandon. b To despair of c To addict, resign, or apply (one's self). The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice. --Grew. {To give place}, to withdraw; to yield one's claim. {To give points}. a In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap. b To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.] {To give rein}. See under {Rein}, n. {To give the sack}. Same as {To give the bag}. {To give and take}. a To average gains and losses. b To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc {To give time} (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. --Abbott. {To give the time of day}, to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as ``good morning.'' ``good evening'', etc {To give tongue}, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of dogs. {To give up}. a To abandon; to surrender. ``Don't give up the ship.'' He has . . . given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome. --Shak. b To make public; to reveal. I'll not state them By giving up their characters. --Beau. & Fl c (Used also reflexively.) {To give up the ghost}. See under {Ghost}. {To give one's self up}, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self {To give way}. a To withdraw; to give place b To yield to force or pressure; as the scaffolding gave way c (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased energy. d (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value; as railroad securities gave way two per cent. {To give way together}, to row in time; to keep stroke. Syn: To {Give}, {Confer}, {Grant}. Usage: To give is the generic word embracing all the rest. To confer was originally used of persons in power, who gave permanent grants or privileges; as to confer the order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the giving of something which might have been withheld; as to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way dependent or inferior. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Give \Give\, v. i. 1. To give a gift or gifts. 2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as the earth gives under the feet. 3. To become soft or moist. [Obs.] --Bacon . 4. To move to recede. Now back he gives then rushes on amain. --Daniel. 5. To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.] Whose eyes do never give But through lust and laughter. --Shak. 6. To have a misgiving. [Obs.] My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market women. --J. Webster. 7. To open to lead. [A Gallicism] This yielding, gave into a grassy walk. --Tennyson. {To give back}, to recede; to retire; to retreat. They gave back and came no farther. --Bunyan. {To give in}, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self beaten; to cease opposition. The Scots battalion was enforced to give in --Hayward. This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases. --Pope. {To give off}, to cease; to forbear. [Obs.] --Locke. {To give} {on or upon}. a To rush; to fall upon [Obs.] b To have a view of to be in sight of to overlook; to look toward; to open upon to front; to face. [A Gallicism: cf Fr donner sur.] Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch. --Tennyson. The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave --Dickens. {To give out}. a To expend all one's strength. Hence: b To cease from exertion; to fail to be exhausted; as my feet being to give out the flour has given out {To give over}, to cease; to discontinue; to desist. It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over and to desist from any further pursuits after fame. --Addison. {To give up}, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as he would never give up From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gyve \Gyve\ (j[imac]v), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf W. gefyn Ir geibbionn Gael. geimheal.] A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter. [Written also {give}.] Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. --Shak. With gyves upon his wrist. --Hood. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: give n : the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length [syn: {spring}, {springiness}] v 1: cause to have in the abstract sense or physical sense: "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold" 2: be the cause or source of "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" [syn: {yield}, {afford}] 3: transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?" "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" [ant: {take}] 4: convey or reveal information; "Give one's name" 5: convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention" [syn: {pay}] 6: organize or be responsible for "hold a reception," "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc [syn: {hold}, {throw}, {have}, {make}] 7: convey or communicate; of a smile, a look a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look" [syn: {throw}] 8: give as a present; make a gift of "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: {gift}, {present}] 9: bring about "His two singles gave the team the victory" [syn: {bring about}, {yield}] 10: as in the expressions "give thought to"; "give priority to", etc [syn: {pay}, {devote}] 11: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The cow won't give much milk" [syn: {render}, {yield}, {return}, {generate}] 12: tell give knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians" [syn: {impart}, {leave}, {pass on}] 13: bring about "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" [syn: {establish}] 14: leave with give temporarily: "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?" "Can I give you the children for the weekend?" 15: emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp" 16: endure the loss of "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" [syn: {sacrifice}] 17: place into the hands or custody of "Turn the files over to me please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: {pass}, {hand}, {reach}, {pass on}, {turn over}] 18: furnish or contribute; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause" [syn: {dedicate}, {commit}, {devote}] 19: give as of medicine; "I gave him the drug" 20: give or convey physically: "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" [syn: {apply}] 21: bestow; "give hommage" [syn: {render}] 22: bestow, esp. officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: {grant}] 23: move in order to make room for someone for something "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" [syn: {move over}, {give way}, {ease up}, {yield}] 24: give food to "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" [syn: {feed}, {grub}] [ant: {starve}] 25: contribute to some cause "I gave at the office" [syn: {contribute}, {chip in}, {kick in}] 26: break down literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" [syn: {collapse}, {fall in}, {cave in}, {give way}, {break}, {founder}] 27: estimate the duration or outcome of something "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success" 28: execute and deliver; "Give bond" 29: deliver in exchange or recompense: "I'll give you three books for four CDs" 30: afford access to "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace" [syn: {afford}, {open}] 31: present to view; "He gave the sign to start" 32: perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York" 33: be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give" [syn: {yield}] 34: propose as a toast 35: legal use: accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff" 36: manifest or show "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering" 37: offer in good faith; "He gave her his word" 38: submit for consideration, judgment, or use "give one's opinion"; 'give an excuse" 39: guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion: "You gave me to think that you agreed with me" 40: allow to have or take "I give you two minutes to respond" 41: inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years" 42: stop maintaining or insisting on of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give in these negociations" [syn: {abandon}, {give up}] 43: occur; "what gives?" (slang) 44: consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men" 45: proffer, as of a body part "She gave her hand to her little sister"
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