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  1. transitive verb To make a present of: We gave her flowers for her birthday.
  2. transitive verb To place in the hands of; pass: Give me the scissors.
  3. transitive verb To deliver in exchange or recompense; pay: gave five dollars for the book.
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  • The statistician says, "On average, four -- give or take 10\%, but on average, four." —  MacNN | The Macintosh News Network
  • But none gave the answer I'd give which is: 'put your own house in order and just get out of the way of the private sector'. —  Irish Blogs
  • But give -- give us some examples, specific examples of how you would do that because people listening will say, "Well, it all sounds well and good, but how would you do so?" —  Inside the Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz's Marketing Blog
  • Many charities experience extreme labour shortages, so one of the best ways for you to give is to donate your time in the form of volunteer work. —  Beyond the Rhetoric
  • Moms always seem to give, give, and give some more until we're running on empty. —  BlogMommas.com
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take ·  let ·  know ·  make ·  find ·  read ·  keep ·  try ·  have ·  say ·  need ·  move

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give:   gave ·  giving ·  given ·  gives
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Etymologies (3)

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

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  1. Early modern English also geve, yeve; from Middle English given, geven, more commonly ʒiven, ʒeven, yiven, yeven (preterit gaf, ʒaf, yaf, plural gæfen, ʒaven, yaven, past participle gifen, ʒiven, yiven, yeven, etc.), from Anglo-Saxon gifan, giefan, gyfan (preterit geaf, plural geáfon, past participle gifen) = Old Saxon gebhan = OFries. ieva, geva = Dutch geven = Middle Low German Low German geven, gewen = Old High German geban, Middle High German G. geben = Icelandic gefa = Swedish gifva = Danish give = Goth, giban, give; a general Teutonic word. Hence gift, giffgaff, and gewgaw.
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