For generous lords had rather give than pay.
--Young.
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.
What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?
--Matt. xvi.
26.
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.
It is given me once again to behold my friend.
--Rowe.
Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.
--Pope.
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. (Logic & Math.) 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.
I give not heaven for lost. --Mlton.
10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a
lover. --Sheridan.
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.
But there the duke was given to understand That in
a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his
amorous Jessica. --Shak.
{To give away}, to make over to another; to transfer.
Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our
lives, is given away from ourselves. --Atterbury.
{To give back}, to return; to restore. --Atterbury.
{To give the bag}, to cheat. [Obs.]
I fear our ears have given us the bag. --J. Webster.
{To give birth to}.
(a) To bear or bring forth, as a child.
(b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise,
idea.
{To give ear to}. See under {Ear}.
{To give forth}, to give out; to publish; to tell. --Hayward.
{To give ground}. See under {Ground}, n.
{To give the hand}, to pledge friendship or faith.
{To give the hand of}, to espouse; to bestow in marriage.
{To give the head}. See under {Head}, n.
{To give in}.
(a) To abate; to deduct.
(b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender;
as, to give in one's adhesion to a party.
{To give the lie to} (a person), to tell (him) that he lies.
{To give line}. See under {Line}.
{To give off}, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc.
{To give one's self away}, to make an inconsiderate surrender
of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's
purposes, or the like. [Colloq.]
{To give out}.
(a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare.
One that gives out himself Prince Florizel.
--Shak.
Give out you are of Epidamnum. --Shak.
(b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance
gives out steam or odors.
{To give over}.
(a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon.
(b) To despair of.
(c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self).
The Babylonians had given themselves over to
all manner of vice. --Grew.
{To give place}, to withdraw; to yield one's claim.
{To give points}.
(a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a
certain advantage; to allow a handicap.
(b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.]
{To give rein}. See under {Rein}, n.
{To give the sack}. Same as {To give the bag}.
{To give and take}.
(a) To average gains and losses.
(b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc.
{To give time}
(Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor.
--Abbott.
{To give the time of day}, to salute one with the compliment
appropriate to the hour, as ``good morning.'' ``good
evening'', etc.
{To give tongue}, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of
dogs.
{To give up}.
(a) To abandon; to surrender. ``Don't give up the ship.''
He has . . . given up For certain drops of
salt, your city Rome. --Shak.
(b) To make public; to reveal.
I'll not state them By giving up their
characters. --Beau. & Fl.
(c) (Used also reflexively.)
{To give up the ghost}. See under {Ghost}.
{To give one's self up}, to abandon hope; to despair; to
surrender one's self.
{To give way}.
(a) To withdraw; to give place.
(b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding
gave way.
(c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased
energy.
(d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value;
as, railroad securities gave way two per cent.
{To give way together}, to row in time; to keep stroke.
Syn: To {Give}, {Confer}, {Grant}.
Usage: To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest.
To confer was originally used of persons in power, who
gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the
order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the
giving of something which might have been withheld;
as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer
to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way
dependent or inferior.
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. [Obs.] --Bacon .
Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. --Daniel.
5. To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.]
Whose eyes do never give But through lust and
laughter. --Shak.
6. To have a misgiving. [Obs.]
My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market
women. --J. Webster.
7. To open; to lead. [A Gallicism]
This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk. --Tennyson.
{To give back}, to recede; to retire; to retreat.
They gave back and came no farther. --Bunyan.
{To give in}, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self
beaten; to cease opposition.
The Scots battalion was enforced to give in.
--Hayward.
This consideration may induce a translator to give
in to those general phrases. --Pope.
{To give off}, to cease; to forbear. [Obs.] --Locke.
{To give}
{on or upon}.
(a) To rush; to fall upon. [Obs.]
(b) To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to
look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. [A
Gallicism: cf. Fr. donner sur.]
Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch.
--Tennyson.
The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave.
--Dickens.
{To give out}.
(a) To expend all one's strength. Hence:
(b) To cease from exertion; to fail; to be exhausted; as,
my feet being to give out; the flour has given out.
{To give over}, to cease; to discontinue; to desist.
It would be well for all authors, if they knew when
to give over, and to desist from any further
pursuits after fame. --Addison.
{To give up}, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as,
he would never give up.
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. --Shak.
With gyves upon his wrist. --Hood.