Give

·vi To have a misgiving.

II. Give ·vi To become soft or moist.

III. Give ·vi To give a gift or gifts.

IV. Give ·noun To allow or admit by way of supposition.

V. Give ·vi To shed tears; to Weep.

VI. Give ·noun To Pledge; as, to give one's word.

VII. Give ·vi To Open; to Lead.

VIII. Give ·vi To Move; to Recede.

IX. Give ·add. ·vt To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

X. Give ·noun To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

XI. Give ·noun To Attribute; to Assign; to Adjudge.

XII. Give ·vi To yield to force or pressure; to Relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

XIII. Give ·noun To Cause; to Make;

— with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, ·etc.

XIV. Give ·noun 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.

XV. Give ·noun To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to Pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

XVI. Give ·noun 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.

XVII. Give ·noun To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, ·etc.; to Pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, ·etc.

XVIII. Give ·noun To Yield; to Furnish; to Produce; to Emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.

XIX. Give ·noun To grant power or license to; to Permit; to Allow; to License; to Commission.

XX. Give ·noun 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.

XXI. Give ·noun 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.