Gif is the old form of if, and frequently occurs in the earlier English
writers. See If.
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Gif"fard in*ject"or (?). (Mach.) See under Injector.
Giff"gaff (?), n. [Reduplicated fr. give.] Mutual accommodation; mutual
giving. [Scot.]
Gif"fy (?), n. [Obs.] See Jiffy.
Gift (?), n. [OE. gift, yift, yeft, AS. gift, fr. gifan to give; akin
to D. & G. gift, Icel. gift, gipt, Goth. gifts (in comp.). See Give, v.
t.] 1. Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person
to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
Shall I receive by gift, what of my own, . . . I can command ?
Milton.
2. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is
in the gift of the President.