13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to
understand, to know, etc.
But there the duke was given to understand That in a gondola were
seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica.
Shak.
To give away, to make over to another; to transfer.
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.]