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Give [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. giv. To yield to pressure. The earth gives under the feet.

2. To begin to melt; to thaw; to grow soft, so as to yield to pressure.

3. To move; to recede.

4. Now back he gives, then rushes on amain.

5. To give in, to be back; to give way. [Not in use.]

6. To give into, to yield assent; to adopt.

7. This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases.

8. To give off, to cease; to forbear. [Little used.

9. To give on, to rush; to fall on. [Not in use.]

10. To give out, to publish; to proclaim.

11. To cease from exertion; to yield; applied to persons. He labored hard, but gave out at last.

12. To give over, to cease; to act no more; to desert.

13. It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after fame.

Give [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. preterit tense gave; participle passive given. [Heb. to give The sense of give is generally to pass, or to transfer, that is, to send or throw.]

2. To bestow; to confer; to pass or transfer the title or property of a thing to another person without an equivalent or compensation.

3. For generous lords had rather give than pay.

4. To transmit from himself to another by hand, speech or writing; to deliver.

5. The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. Genesis 3:1 .

6. To import; to bestow.

7. GIVE us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. Matthew 25:8 .

8. To communicate; as, to give an opinion; to give counsel or advice; to give notice.

9. To pass or deliver the property of a thing to another for an equivalent; to pay. We give the full value of all we purchase. A dollar is given for a day's labor.

10. What shall a man give in exchange for this soul? Matthew 16:19 .

11. To yield; to lend; in the phrase to give ear, which signifies to listen; to hear.

12. To quit; in the phrase to give place, which signifies to

13. withdraw, or retire to make room for another.

14. To confer; to grant.

15. What wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless? Genesis 15:2 .

16. To expose; to yield to the power of.

17. GIVE to the wanton winds their flowing hair.

18. To grant; to allow; to permit.

19. It is given me once again to behold my friend.

20. To afford; to supply; to furnish.

21. Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings. Exodus 10:25 .

22. To empower; to license; to commission.

23. Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.

24. But this and similar phrases are probably elliptical; give for give power or license. So in the phrases, give me to understand, give me to know, give the flowers to blow, that is, to give power, to enable.

25. To pay or render; as, to give praise, applause or approbation.

26. To render; to pronounce; as, to give sentence or judgment; to give the word of command.

27. To utter; to vent; as, to give a shout.

28. To produce; to show; to exhibit as a product or result; as, the number of men divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

29. To cause to exist; to excite in another; as, to give offense or umbrage; to give pleasure.

30. To send forth; to emit; as, a stone gives sparks with steel.

31. To addict; to apply; to devote one's self, followed by the reciprocal pronoun. The soldiers give themselves to plunder. The passive participle is much used in this sense; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.

32. GIVE thyself wholly to them. 1 Timothy 4:13 .

33. To resign; to yield up; often followed by up.

34. Who say, I care not, those I give for lost.

35. To pledge; as, I give my word that the debt shall be paid.

36. To present for taking or acceptance; as, I give you my hand.

37. To allow or admit by way of supposition.

38. To give away, to alienate the title or property of a thing; to make over to another; to transfer.

39. Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses, during our lives, is given away from ourselves.

40. To give back, to return; to restore.

41. To give forth, to publish; to tell; to report publicly.

42. To give the hand, to yield preeminence, as being subordinate or inferior.

43. To give in, to allow by way of abatement or deduction from a claim; to yield what may be justly demanded.

44. To give over, to leave; to quit; to cease; to abandon; as, to give over a pursuit.

45. To addict; to attach to; to abandon.

46. When the Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice.

47. To despair of recovery; to believe to be lost, or past recovery. The physician had given over the patient, or given the patient over.

48. To abandon.

49. To give out, to utter publicly; to report; to proclaim; to publish. It was given out that parliament would assemble in November.

50. To issue; to send forth; to publish.

51. The night was distinguished by the orders which he gave out to his army.

52. To show; to exhibit in false appearance.

53. To send out; to emit; as, a substance gives out steam or odors.

54. To give up, to resign; to quit; to yield as hopeless; as, to give up a cause; to give up the argument.

55. To surrender; as, to give up a fortress to an enemy.

56. To relinquish, to cede. In this treaty the Spaniards gave up Louisiana.

57. To abandon; as, to give up all hope. They are given up to believe a lie.

58. To deliver.

59. And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people to the king. 2 Samuel 24:23 .

60. To give one's self up, to despair of one's recovery; to conclude to be lost.

61. To resign or devote.

62. Let us give ourselves wholly up to Christ in heart and desire.

63. To addict; to abandon. He gave himself up to intemperance.

64. To give way, to yield; to withdraw to make room for. Inferiors should give way to superiors.

65. To fail; to yield or force; to break or fall. The ice gave way and the horses were drowned. The scaffolding gave way. The wheels or axletree gave way.

66. To recede; to make room for.

67. In seamen's language, give way is an order to a boat's crew to row after ceasing, or to increase their exertions.

Give [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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.

3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.

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.

5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.

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.

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.

8. 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.

9. To allow or admit by way of supposition.

10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

12. To pledge; as, to give one's word.

13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.

Give [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To give a gift or gifts.

2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

3. To become soft or moist.

4. To move; to recede.

5. To shed tears; to weep.

6. To have a misgiving.

7. To open; to lead.

Given [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

giv'n. Bestowed; granted; conferred; imparted; admitted or supposed.

Given Webster's Dictionary 1913

p. p. & a. from Give, v.

Given [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Stated; fixed; as, in a given time.

Given [Past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Give

Given [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.

2. Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; as, virtuously given.

Giver [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One who gives a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.

2. It is the giver and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the christian.

Giver [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.

Gives [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

plural Fetters or shackles for the feet. [ See Gyves .]

Gives [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fetters.

Givet Encyclopedia Britannica

GIVET, one of the strongest fortified towns of France, on the Belgian frontier, situated in the department of Ardennes, on the river Meuse, 40 miles N.N.E. of Mézières. The Eastern French railway connects it with Rheims, and the Belgian railways connect it with Namur and Charleroi. It is divided into three portions—the citadel called Charlemont, and Grand Givet on the left bank of the river, and on the opposite bank Petit Givet, connected with Grand Givet by a stone bridge of five arches. The citadel of Charlemont, built by the emperor Charles V. in 1555, is situated at the top of a precipitous rock 705 feet high, and on the east side, by which alone it is accessible, is fortified by six bastions and several other works. Grand Givet has four bastionsand three ravelins, and Petit Givet 3 bastions. The fortress has atcommodation for 25,000 men, but can be held by 3000 or 4000. The town is famed for its clay tobacco-pipes. There are also manufactures of nails, lead pencils, sealing wax, white lead, glue, earthenware, and leather, and the town has some trade. The population in 1876 was 5275.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 10, p. 626
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Genesis 1:15

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Genesis 9:3

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

Genesis 12:7

And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 13:15

For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

Genesis 13:17

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”

Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”

Genesis 15:2

And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Genesis 15:3

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

Genesis 15:7

And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

Genesis 15:18

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Genesis 16:5

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

Genesis 17:8

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

Genesis 20:16

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”

Genesis 21:7

And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Genesis 23:4

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”