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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : giv |
| Phonetic Transcription : gɪv |
Definition of gave away
Origin :- Old English giefan (W. Saxon) "to give, bestow; allot, grant; commit, devote, entrust," class V strong verb (past tense geaf, past participle giefen), from Proto-Germanic *gebanan (cf. Old Frisian jeva, Middle Dutch gheven, Dutch geven, Old High German geban, German geben, Gothic giban), from PIE *ghabh- "to take, hold, have, give" (see habit). It became yiven in Middle English, but changed to guttural "g" by influence of Old Norse gefa "to give," Old Danish givæ. Meaning "to yield to pressure" is from 1570s.
- Give in "yield" is from 1610s; give out is mid-14c., "publish, announce;" meaning "run out, break down" is from 1520s. Give up "surrender" is mid-12c. To give (someone) a cold seems to reflect the old belief that one could be cured of disease by deliberately infecting others. What gives? "what is happening?" is attested from 1940. Give-and-take (n.) is originally from horse racing (1769) and refers to races in which bigger horses were given more weight to carry, lighter ones less. General sense attested by 1778.
- verb reveal
- verb unselfishly transfer
- But the more they gave away the money, the more did it increase.
- Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
- Though no one knew it, even his pay he gave away to the poor.
- Extract from : « Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light » by Vera C. Barclay
- They gave away samples, and everybody admitted that it was wonderful.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl of Long Ago » by Amanda Millie Douglas
- Did you see the Monitor last night and that facsimile they gave away with it?
- Extract from : « In the Mayor's Parlour » by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
- That is a lie, I gave away eleven hundred tickets this year, that is all.
- Extract from : « History of Linn County Iowa » by Luther A. Brewer
- She gave away a lot of her fortune, I know, when her mother died.
- Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- But he was a generous soul and gave away half of what he earned.
- Extract from : « The Wee Scotch Piper » by Madeline Brandeis
- Then he gave away to the needy all the money he had won at play.
- Extract from : « The Kath Sarit Sgara » by Somadeva Bhatta
- Cursed be the day on which I gave away my innocence and peace!
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Roderick Random » by Tobias Smollett
- She gave away her property in her lifetime, only keeping an annuity.
- Extract from : « The Duchesse de Langeais » by Honore de Balzac
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