gift

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If it be a gift, then to trust the Giver and to accept the gift is the only condition that is possible.

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  1. noun Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation.
  2. noun The act, right, or power of giving.
  3. noun A talent, endowment, aptitude, or inclination.
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  • For those of us with jobs to fill, the gift is the enormous amounts of candidates at our fingertips coming from every media known to man right now. —  ERE.net
  • The other gift was the knockdown, bargain price of the MacBook Air: $1800. —  Wired Top Stories
  • If a gift is attached to a letter, you must transfer it to an item slot in your pockets in order to be able to open it. —  IGN Complete
  • This gift is a simble of the new Era and thecnology … how ignorant are you people ….!!! —  CNN Political Ticker
  • I love the gift was a nice thing the rest of you grow up! —  CNN Political Ticker
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old Norse; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English gift, commonly ʒift, ʒeft, a gift (the literally sense not found in Anglo-Saxon), from Anglo-Saxon gift, nearly always in plural gifta, a marriage, nuptials (= OFries. ieft, iefta, a gift, grant, = Dutch gift, a gift, = Middle Low German gifte, a gift, bequest, = Old High German Middle High German gift, a gift (G. Danish Swedish in comp.; German mitgift, braut-gift, Danish Swedish medgift, Swedish hem-gift, a dowry; and with a specialized sense, Old High German gift, feminine, German gift, n., Dutch gift, n., Swedish Danish gift, poison, literally that which is given; cf. dose, of the same literally sense), = Icelandic gift, usually spelled gipt, a gift, plural giptar, a marriage, = Danish gifte, a marriage, = Goth, in comp. fra-gifts, fra-gibts, promise, gift); with the abstract formative -t, from gifan, give: see give
  2. = Middle Low German giften = Old High German giftan, Middle High German giften, give, = Icelandic gifta = Swedish gifta = Danish gifte, give away in marriage; from the noun: see gift, n.
 

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