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Definition give

Etymology 1

From Middle English given, from Old Norse gefa (“to give”), from Proto-Germanic *geban? (“to give”). Merged with native Middle English yiven, ?even, from Old English ?iefan, from the same Proto-Germanic source (compare the obsolete inherited English doublet yive).

Verb

give (third-person singular simple present gives, present participle giving, simple past gave, past participle given)

1. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
   1. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
   2. To make a present or gift of.
   3. To pledge.
   4. To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
   5. To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
   6. To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
   7. To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).
   8. To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
2. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
3. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
4. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
5. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
6. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
7. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
8. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
9. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
10. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
11. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
12. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
13. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
14. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
15. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
16. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
17. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
18. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
19. (slang) To be going on, to be occurring

Noun

give (uncountable)

1. The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.

Etymology 2

Noun

give (plural gives)

1. Alternative form of gyve

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