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- [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.
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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.
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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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