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Found 1 hit - Term: to give upon, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
give \give\, v. i.
   1. to give a gift or gifts.
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   2. to yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less
      rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.
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   3. to become soft or moist. obs. --bacon .
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   4. to move; to recede.
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            now back he gives, then rushes on amain. --daniel.
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   5. to shed tears; to weep. obs.
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            whose eyes do never give
            but through lust and laughter.        --shak.
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   6. to have a misgiving. obs.
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            my mind gives ye're reserved
            to rob poor market women.             --j. webster.
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   7. to open; to lead. a gallicism
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            this, yielding, gave into a grassy walk. --tennyson.
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   to give back, to recede; to retire; to retreat.
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            they gave back and came no farther.   --bunyan.

   to give in, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self
      beaten; to cease opposition.
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            the scots battalion was enforced to give in.
                                                  --hayward.
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            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.
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                rooms which gave upon a pillared porch.
                                                  --tennyson.
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                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
see also:
to give back to give in to give off to give on to give upon to give out 
to give over to give up 

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Give >> G Words
Give, definition of term: Give
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Give Off >> G Words
Give Off, definition of term: Give Off
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Give In >> G Words
Give In, definition of term: Give In
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Give Out >> G Words
Give Out, definition of term: Give Out
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Give Up >> G Words
Give Up, definition of term: Give Up
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Give Back >> G Words
Give Back, definition of term: Give Back
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Give Away >> G Words
Give Away, definition of term: Give Away
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Look Upon >> L Words
Look Upon, definition of term: Look Upon
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Bear Upon >> B Words
Bear Upon, definition of term: Bear Upon
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Call Upon >> C Words
Call Upon, definition of term: Call Upon
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