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give transitive verb [imperfect Gave (gāv); past participle Given (gĭv′’n); present participle or verbal noun Giving.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. geðan, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf. Gift, noun]

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.

14. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

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, noun

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, noun

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, noun

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. 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.

Give intransitive verb

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]