Found 2 hits - Term: to give place, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [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
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
place \place\ pl=as, n. f., fr. l. platea a street, an
area, a courtyard, from gr. platei^a a street, properly fem.
of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to skr. p.rthu, lith. platus.
cf. flawn, piazza, plate, plaza.
1. any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct
from all other space, or appropriated to some definite
object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely,
unbounded space.
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here is the place appointed. --shak.
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what place can be for us
within heaven's bound? --milton.
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the word place has sometimes a more confused sense,
and stands for that space which any body takes up;
and so the universe is a place. --locke.
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2. a broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or
short part of a street open only at one end. "hangman boys
in the market place." --shak.
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3. a position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a
mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or
post; a stronghold; a region or country.
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are you native of this place? --shak.
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4. rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement,
dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or
position; condition; also, official station; occupation;
calling. "the enervating magic of place." --hawthorne.
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men in great place are thrice servants. --bacon.
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i know my place as i would they should do theirs.
--shak.
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5. vacated or relinquished space; room; stead the departure
or removal of another being or thing being implied. "in
place of lord bassanio." --shak.
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6. a definite position or passage of a document.
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the place of the scripture which he read was this.
--acts viii.
32.
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7. ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as,
he said in the first place.
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8. reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.
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my word hath no place in you. --john viii.
37.
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9. astron. position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body;
-- usually defined by its right ascension and declination,
or by its latitude and longitude.
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10. racing the position of first, second, or third at the
finish, esp. the second position. in betting, to win a
bet on a horse for place it must, in the united states,
finish first or second, in england, usually, first,
second, or third.
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place of arms mil., a place calculated for the rendezvous
of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --wilhelm.
high place script., a mount on which sacrifices were
offered. "him that offereth in the high place." --jer.
xlviii. 35.
in place, in proper position; timely.
out of place, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks
were out of place.
place kick football, the act of kicking the ball after it
has been placed on the ground.
place name, the name of a place or locality. --london
academy.
to give place, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give
advantage. "neither give place to the devil." --eph. iv.
27. "let all the rest give place." --shak.
to have place, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such
desires can have no place in a good heart.
to take place.
a to come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not
take place.
b to take precedence or priority. --addison.
c to take effect; to prevail. "if your doctrine takes
place." --berkeley. "but none of these excuses would
take place." --spenser.
to take the place of, to be substituted for.
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syn: situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location;
site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust;
ground; room; stead.
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see also:
flawn piazza plate plaza place of arms high place
in place out of place place kick place name to give place
to have place to take place to take the place of
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