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this title were all fet to the fame tune, and made on 
Goliah the Gittite. 
Gi'V'A, a town of AfiaticTurkey, in the province of 
Natolia ; tliirty-two miles fouth-eaft of Milets. 
GIVANIROTON'DO, a town of Italy, in the king¬ 
dom of Naples, and province of Capitanata : nine miles 
■weft of Monte St. Angelo. 
To GIVE, v.a. preter.^awe; part. paff.; [jipen. 
Sax.] Tobeftovv; to confer without any price or re¬ 
ward; not to fell.—I had a mafter that gave me all I 
could afk, I'ut thought fit to take one thing from me 
again. Temple. 
Conftant at church and change ; his gains were fure, 
li\% givings rare, fave farthings to the poor. Pope. 
While tradefmen ftarve, thefe Philomyls are gay ; 
Eor gen’rous lords liad rather than pay. Voting. 
To tranfmit from himfelf to another by hand, fpeech, 
or writing; to deliver.—The woman whom thou gaveft 
to be vvith me, ftie gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 
Gerz.iii.i2.—They were eating and diinking, marrying 
and giving in marriage. xxiv. 38.—We fliall give 
an account of thele jihenomena. Burnet. —To put into 
one’s polleflion; to confign ; to impart; to communi. 
cate .—Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. 
Matt.XXV .—Nature gives us many children and friends, to 
take tliem away; but takes nane'away to give them us 
again. Tenfpk.— 'Yo pay as a price or reward, or in ex¬ 
change.—All that a man hath will he give for his life. 
Jolt, ii. 4. 
Jf you did know to whom I gave the ring, 
Jf you did kiiow for whom I gave the ring. 
And would conceive for what I gave the ring. 
You would abate the llrength of your difplcafure. 
Shakejpeare. 
To yield ; not to withhold.—Philip, king of Macedon, 
gave I'entence agtiinft a prifoner when he was drowfy, 
and feemed lo give fmall attention. The prifoner, after 
fentence tvas pronounced, faid, I appeal : the king, fome- 
what ftirred, faid. To whom do you appeal ? The pri- 
loner anfwered. From Philip, when he gave no ear, to 
Philip, when he ftiall give ear. Bacon .—To quit; to yield 
as due .—Give place, thou ftranger, to an honourable man. 
Ecclef .—I'o confer; to impart.—I will blefs her, and 
give thee a fon alfo of her. Gen. xvii.—To expofe; to 
yield without retention: 
All clad in Ikins of beafts the jav’Iin bear; 
Give to the wanton winds their flowing hair. Dryden. 
To grant ; to allow.—’Tis given me once again to be- 
liold my friend. Rowe .—To yield; not to deny : 
1 gawehis wife propofitl way; 
Nay, urg’d him to go on: the lhallow fraud 
Will ruin him. Rowe. 
To afford; to fupply. — Give us alfo facrifices and burnt, 
offerings, that we may facrifice unto the Lord. Ex, x. 25. 
—To empower ; to commilfion : 
Prepare 
The due libation and the folemn pray’r; 
Then^me tliy friend to died the facred wine. Pope. 
To enable.—God himfelf requireth the lifting up of 
pure hands in prayers; and hath given the world to un- 
derftand, that the wicked, although they cry, fliall not 
be heard. Hooker. 
So fome weak flioot, which elfe would poorly rife, 
.love’s tree adopts, and lifts into the Ikies; 
Through the new pupil foll’ring juices flow. 
Thru ft forth the gems, and give the llow’rs to blow. Ticket. 
To pay.—The applaufe and approbation I give to both 
your fpeeches. Shak^'peare .—To utter; to vent ; to pro¬ 
nounce;*—Let the firlt lioneft dil'coverer give the word 
about, that Wood’s halfpence liave been offered, and 
caution the poor people not to receive them. Swift. — 
So you muft be the firft that gives this fentence, and he 
that fufters. Shahefpeare. —To exhibit; to ftiew.—This 
inftance gives the impoffibility of an eternal exiftence in 
any thing effentially alterable or corruptible. Hale. —To 
exhibit as the produdl of a calculation.—The number 
of men being divided by the number of Ihips, gives four 
hundred and twenty-four men a-piece. Arbuthwt. —To 
do any a 61 : of which the confequence reaches others.— 
As we defire to give no offence ourfelves, fo neither fliall 
W'e take any at the difference of judgment in others. 
Burnet. —To exhibit ; to fend forth as odours from any 
body.—In oranges the ripping of the rind giveth out their 
fmell. Bacon. —To addict; to apply.—He thdt gneth his 
mind to the law of the Moft High, will feek out the 
wifdom of all the ancients. Ecclef. xxxix. i. 
The duke is virtuous, mild, and too well given. 
To dream on evil. Shakejpeare. 
Fear him not, Caefar, he’s not dangerous : 
He is a nable Roman, and v/oW given. Shahefpeare. 
To refign ; to yield up.—Finding ourfelves in the midft 
of the greateft wildernefs of waters, without victual, 
vet gave ourfelves for loft men, and prepared for death. 
Bacon. 
Who fay, I care not, thofe I give for loft ; 
And to inftruct them will not quit the colt. Herberts 
To conclude ; to fuppofe: 
Whence came you here, O friend, and whither bound > 
All gave you loft on-far Cyclopean ground. Garth. 
To Give away. To alienate from one’s felf; to make 
over to another ; to transfer.—Whatfoever we employ 
in charitable ufes, during our lives, is given away from 
ourfelves: vvliat we bequeath at our death, is given 
from others only, as our nearelt relations. Atterbury. 
If you fliall marry, ” 
You give away this hand, and that is mine ; 
You give away heav’n’s vows, and thofe are mine ; 
You give away my felf, which is known mine. Shahefpeare’. 
To Give back. To return; to reftore.—Their vices 
perhaps back all thofe advantages which their viCdo- 
ries procured. Atterbury. 
To Give forth. To publifli ; to tell.—Soon after it 
w'as given forth, and believed by many, that the king 
was dead. Hayward. 
To Give the hand. To yield pre-eminence, as being 
fubordinate or inferior.—Leffbns being free from fome 
inconveniences, whereunto fermons are more fubjeCI, 
they may in this refpeCl: no lefs take than in others 
they muft^iye the hand, which betokeneth pre-eminence. 
Hooker. 
To Give over. To leave; to quit; to ceafe.—Let 
novelty therefore in this^^mr over endlefs contradictions, 
and let ancient cuftoms prevail. Hooker. 
Never give her o'er-. 
For fcorn at firft makes after love the more. Shakejpeare. 
To addiCI ; to attach to.—When the Babylonians had 
given themfelves over to all manner of vice, it was time 
for tlie Lord, who had fet up that empire, to pull it 
down. Grew. —To conclude loft.—Since it is lawful to 
practife upon them that arc forfaken and given over, I 
will adventure to preferibe to you. Suckling. 
Yet this falfe comfort never him o’er. 
That, whilft he creeps, his vig’rous thoughts can foar. 
Pope. 
To abandon.—The duty of uniformity throughout all 
churches, in all manner of indifferent ceremonies, will 
be very hard, and therefore belt to give it o’er. Hooker. 
Sleep hath forfook, txnd giv'n me o’er 
To death’s benumbing o^iuin as my only cure. Milton, 
To Give out. To proclaim ; to publilh ; to utter.— 
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