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gave 音标拼音: [g'ev] vbl. 给予,产生,发表, give的过去式 给予,产生,发表, give的过去式 Gave \ Gave\ ( g[= a] v), imp. of { Give}. [ 1913 Webster]
Give \ Give\ ( g[ i^] v), v. t. [ imp. { Gave} ( g[= a] v); p. p. { Given} ( g[ i^] v"' n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Giving}.] [ OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[ eth] an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf. { Gift}, n.] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] For generous lords had rather give than pay. -- Young. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? -- Matt. xvi. 26. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission. [ 1913 Webster] It is given me once again to behold my friend. -- Rowe. [ 1913 Webster] Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 9. To allow or admit by way of supposition. [ 1913 Webster] I give not heaven for lost. -- Mlton. [ 1913 Webster] 10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. [ 1913 Webster] I don' t wonder at people' s giving him to me as a lover. -- Sheridan. [ 1913 Webster] 11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain. [ 1913 Webster] 12. To pledge; as, to give one' s word. [ 1913 Webster] 13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc. [ 1913 Webster] But there the duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 14. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { To give away}, to make over to another; to transfer. [ 1913 Webster] 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.] [ 1913 Webster] 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 chase}, to pursue. { 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. [ 1913 Webster] One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 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). [ 1913 Webster] 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." [ 1913 Webster] He has . . . given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome. -- Shak. ( b) To make public; to reveal. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] |
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