To give as a donation; to contribute. This word is not in the dictionaries, but has only reached the newspapers and reviews.
There have been received from the Foreign Bible Society 7000, not including 1000 recently donated.--Baptist Missionary Herald. Rep. 1846.
The display of articles exhibited [at the Fair in Albany] was very tasteful and attractive; and the friends of the cause in Massachusetts, and other places, donated liberally.--N. Y. Tribune, Nov. 6, 1846.