Definition of Give

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Definition of Give

Give

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.

To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

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

To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.

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

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.

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.

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.

To allow or admit by way of supposition.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

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

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

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

To give a gift or gifts.

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

To become soft or moist.

To move; to recede.

To shed tears; to weep.

To have a misgiving.

To open; to lead.

To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

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Give Quotations

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
Mother Teresa

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
Mother Teresa

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
Mother Teresa

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
Buddha

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
Buddha

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
Thomas Jefferson

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Thomas Jefferson

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
Stephen Covey

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
Maya Angelou

Give Translations

give in Afrikaans is aangee, gee
give in Danish is give
give in Dutch is schenken, cadeau geven
give in Finnish is antaa
give in French is donnent, donnons, donner, passer, donnez
give in German is eingeben, geben, geben
give in Italian is dare, regalare
give in Latin is affero, tribuo, commodo
give in Norwegian is gi, skjenke
give in Portuguese is elasticidade
give in Spanish is donar, alargar, dar
give in Swedish is uppge, giva, ge

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