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German
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geben
, spenden
, schenken
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Give
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (v. i.) To have a misgiving.
- (n.) To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply ones 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.
- (v. i.) To shed tears; to weep.
- (n.) To allow or admit by way of supposition.
- (n.) To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.
- (n.) To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- (v. i.) To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.
- (n.) To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.
- (n.) To pledge; as, to give ones word.
- (v. i.) To become soft or moist.
- (n.) To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.
- (v. i.) To move; to recede.
- (v. i.) To open; to lead.
- (v. i.) To give a gift or gifts.
- (n.) To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
- (n.) To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
- (v. t.) To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.
Synonyms:
Afford, Apply, Break, Collapse, Commit, Consecrate, Contribute, Dedicate, Devote, Establish, Feed, Founder, Generate, Gift, Grant, Hand, Have, Hold, Impart, Leave, Make, Open, Pass, Pay, Present, Reach, Render, Return, Sacrifice, Spring, Springiness, Throw, Yield,
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• Given
- (v.) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.
- (p. p.) of Give
- (v.) Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; as, virtuously given.
- (adv.) Stated; fixed; as, in a given time.
- () p. p. & a. from Give, v.
Synonyms:
Apt, Disposed, Fixed, Granted, Minded, Precondition, Presumption, Tending,
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• Gives
- (n.) Fetters.
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humus, panels, integration, compensated, demilitarize, medicated, bristle, besmeared, quietus, alteration, cough, cabal, cavern, titmouse, quicken, lowborn, grange, sort, cater, beating, my, executioner, creepy, hire, awaited, deprecation, automatic pilot, appropriated, approaching, camisole, convincing, anchorage, |
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Sparkle, Thank, Feel, You, Love, Kiss, Weaken, Be, Glitter, I, Blend, Do, Go, Dark, Abash, Slash, Boy, Shorten, Endure, Bride, Trend, Girl, Abbreviate, Dedicate, Romance, Gash, Father, Sparkling, Feeling, Run, Thanks, Bitter, |
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