Definition of give

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Give (v. i.) To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet..

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Safe-conduct :: Safe-conduct (n.) That which gives a safe passag.
Fairing :: Fairing (n.) A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair..
Testable :: Testable (a.) Capable of being devised, or given by will..
Circular :: Circular (a.) A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular..
Crottles :: Crottles (n. pl.) A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing.
Mandator :: Mandator (n.) A director; one who gives a mandate or order.
Marry :: Marry (v. t.) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.
Adamant :: Adamant (n.) A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.
Restitution :: Restitution (v.) That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation..
Flock :: Flock (v. t.) To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock..
Prelude :: Prelude (v. i.) To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance; to serve as prelude.
Cruel :: Cruel (a.) Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless..
Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To give vent; to utter; to make public.
Losing :: Losing (a.) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
Ratting :: Ratting (v. i.) The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
Species :: Species (n.) The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.
Spare :: Spare (a.) To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
Brachystochrone :: Brachystochrone (n.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid..
Blank :: Blank (a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness..
Proclaim :: Proclaim (v. t.) To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace..
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