[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

give \give\ gi^v, v. t. imp. gave g=av; p. p. given
   gi^v"'n; p. pr.  vb. n. giving. oe. given, yiven,
   yeven, as. gifan, giefan; akin to d. geven, os. geethan,
   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.
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            for generous lords had rather give than pay.
                                                  --young.
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   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.
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            what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?
                                                  --matt. xvi.
                                                  26.
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   3. to yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and
      steel give sparks.
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   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.
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   5. to grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to
      license; to commission.
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            it is given me once again to behold my friend.
                                                  --rowe.
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            then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.
                                                  --pope.
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   9. to allow or admit by way of supposition.
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            i give not heaven for lost.           --mlton.
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   10. to attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
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             i don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a
             lover.                               --sheridan.
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   11. to excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give
       offense; to give pleasure or pain.
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   12. to pledge; as, to give one's word.
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   13. to cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give
       one to understand, to know, etc.
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             but there the duke was given to understand
             that in a gondola were seen together
             lorenzo and his amorous jessica.     --shak.
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   14. to afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.
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   to give away, to make over to another; to transfer.
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            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.
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            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.
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                 one that gives out himself prince florizel.
                                                  --shak.
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                 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.
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                 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."
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                 he has . . . given up
                 for certain drops of salt, your city rome.
                                                  --shak.
       b to make public; to reveal.
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                 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.
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see also:
gave given giving gift to give away to give back 
to give the bag to give birth to to give chase to give ear to ear 
to give forth to give ground ground to give the hand to give the hand of 
to give the head head to give in to give the lie to to give line 
line to give off to give one's self away to give out to give over 
to give place to give points to give rein rein to give the sack 
to give and take to give time to give the time of day to give tongue to give up 
to give up the ghost ghost to give one's self up to give way to give way together 
give confer grant 

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Give Off >> G Words
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Give Out >> G Words
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Give Away >> G Words
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