dona

a. [ L. donabilis, fr. donare to donate. ] Capable of being donated or given. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the Teutonic god of thunder; counterpart of Norse Thor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. donarium, fr. donare. ] A thing given to a sacred use. [ R. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Donatus, a famous grammarian. ] A grammar. [ Obs. ] [ Written also donet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Donatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Donated; p. pr. & vb. n. Donating. ] [ L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date. ] To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. given freely especially to a cause or fund; as, the donated van made their meal-on-wheels venture possible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. donatio; cf. F. donation. ] 1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift. [ 1913 Webster ]

And some donation freely to estate
On the bless'd lovers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [ U.S. ] Bartlett.

Syn. -- Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift. [ 1913 Webster ]