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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] For generous lords had rather give than pay. --Young. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? --Matt. xvi. 26. [1913 Webster] 3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission. [1913 Webster] It is given me once again to behold my friend. --Rowe. [1913 Webster] Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 9. To allow or admit by way of supposition. [1913 Webster] I give not heaven for lost. --Mlton. [1913 Webster] 10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. [1913 Webster] I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover. --Sheridan. [1913 Webster] 11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain. [1913 Webster] 12. To pledge; as, to give one's word. [1913 Webster] 13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc. [1913 Webster] But there the duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 14. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {To give away}, to make over to another; to transfer. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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." [1913 Webster] He has . . . given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome. --Shak. (b) To make public; to reveal. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Give \Give\, v. i. 1. To give a gift or gifts. [1913 Webster] 2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet. [1913 Webster] 3. To become soft or moist. [Obs.] --Bacon . [1913 Webster] 4. To move; to recede. [1913 Webster] Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. --Daniel. [1913 Webster] 5. To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Whose eyes do never give But through lust and laughter. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. To have a misgiving. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market women. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster] 7. To open; to lead. [A Gallicism] [1913 Webster] This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] {To give back}, to recede; to retire; to retreat. [1913 Webster] They gave back and came no farther. --Bunyan. {To give in}, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self beaten; to cease opposition. [1913 Webster] The Scots battalion was enforced to give in. --Hayward. [1913 Webster] 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 {To give 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.] [1913 Webster] Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gyve \Gyve\ (j[imac]v), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. gefyn, Ir. geibhionn, Gael. geimheal.] A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter. [Written also {give}.] [1913 Webster] Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. --Shak. [1913 Webster] With gyves upon his wrist. --Hood. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: give n 1: the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length [syn: {give}, {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}, {give}, {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: {give}, {pay}] 6: organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: {hold}, {throw}, {have}, {make}, {give}] 7: convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look" [syn: {give}, {throw}] 8: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: {give}, {gift}, {present}] 9: cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory" [syn: {give}, {yield}] 10: dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to" [syn: {give}, {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 estate renders some revenue for the family" [syn: {render}, {yield}, {return}, {give}, {generate}] 12: transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" [syn: {impart}, {leave}, {give}, {pass on}] 13: bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" [syn: {establish}, {give}] 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}, {give}] 17: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: {pass}, {hand}, {reach}, {pass on}, {turn over}, {give}] 18: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [syn: {give}, {dedicate}, {consecrate}, {commit}, {devote}] 19: give (as 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: {give}, {apply}] 21: bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks" [syn: {give}, {render}] 22: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: {grant}, {give}] 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}, {give}, {ease up}, {yield}] 24: give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" [syn: {feed}, {give}] [ant: {famish}, {starve}] 25: contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office" [syn: {contribute}, {give}, {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}, {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}, {give}] 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: {give}, {yield}] 34: propose; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party" 35: 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: occur; "what gives?" 43: consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men" 44: proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister" From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: give give