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.
One that gives out himself Prince Florizel.
Shak.
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).
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."
He has . . . given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome.
Shak.
(b) To make public; to reveal.
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. 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.
Give (?), v. i. 1. To give a gift or gifts.
2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as,
the earth gives under the feet.