gift

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation.
2. n. The act, right, or power of giving.
3. n. A talent, endowment, aptitude, or inclination.
4. v. To present something as a gift to.
5. v. To endow with.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act, right, or power of giving or conferring: as, to get a thing by gift; an office in the gift of the people.
2. n. Specifically, in law: A voluntary transfer of property by the owner of it to another, without consideration or compensation therefor, or without any other consideration than love and affection, or a nominal consideration, or both; a gratuitous assignment. See donation and consideration, In old English law, the creation of an estate in tail (see estate) as distinguished from the creation of an estate in fee simple, which was termed feoffment
3. n. That which is given or bestowed; anything ownership of which is voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; a donation.
4. n. A natural quality or endowment regarded as conferred; power; faculty: as, the gift of wit; the gift of speech.
5. n. plural White specks on finger-nails, which have been superstitiously supposed to portend gifts.
6. To confer or transfer as a gift; make a gift of; donate formally.
7. To endow with a gift or with any power or faculty: chiefly in the past participle.

Wiktionary

1. n. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
2. n. A talent or natural ability.
3. n. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
4. v. transitive To give (as a gift) to.
5. v. transitive To give away, to concede easily.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
2. n. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
3. n. A bribe; anything given to corrupt.
4. n. Some exceptional inborn quality or characteristic; a striking or special talent or aptitude; power; faculty.
5. n. (Law) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession.
6. v. To endow with some power or faculty. See gift{4}.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. something acquired without compensation
2. n. natural abilities or qualities
3. v. give as a present; make a gift of
4. v. give qualities or abilities to
5. n. the act of giving