Antonyms for give to
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : giv |
Phonetic Transcription : gɪv |
- advance
- aid
- allow
- ascend
- assist
- be born
- bear
- cheer
- comfort
- conquer
- continue
- create
- defend
- delight
- deny
- disagree
- disarrange
- disobey
- dispute
- dissent
- encourage
- expedite
- facilitate
- fight
- force
- forge
- forward
- further
- hasten
- help
- hold
- hurry
- keep
- make happy
- overcome
- permit
- please
- promote
- protest
- refuse
- reject
- release
- relieve
- rise
- soothe
- stay
- take
- unburden
- win
- withhold
Definition of give to
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.
- As in inflict : verb impose something
- As in succumb : verb die or surrender
- As in burden : verb encumber, strain
- As in devolve : verb transfer
- As in lade : verb charge
- As in defer : verb yield
Synonyms for give to
- accede
- accommodate
- acquiesce
- adapt
- adjust
- administer
- admit
- afflict
- agree
- apply
- assent
- bear down on
- bother
- bow
- break down
- bring upon
- buckle
- burden
- capitulate
- cave
- cave in
- cease
- collapse
- command
- comply
- concede
- cringe
- croak
- crush
- cumber
- deal out
- decease
- defer
- delegate
- deliver
- demise
- depart
- depress
- dish it out
- dish out
- dispense
- drop
- dump on
- eat crow
- encumber
- exact
- expire
- expose
- extort
- fall
- fall victim to
- fawn
- flake out
- fold
- force
- force upon
- freight
- give
- give in
- give in to
- give it to
- give out
- give to
- give up the ghost
- give way
- go
- go down
- go under
- hamper
- handicap
- hinder
- impede
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- knuckleunder
- kowtow
- lade
- lay down the law
- levy
- load
- make heavy
- meet waterloo
- mete out
- obey
- obligate
- oppress
- overcharge
- overload
- overwhelm
- pack it in
- pass
- pass away
- pass on
- pass to
- perish
- pile
- press
- quit
- require
- saddle
- saddle with
- show white flag
- snow
- snow under
- stick it to
- strain
- strike
- subject
- submit
- succumb
- take the count
- tax
- throw in the towel
- trouble
- truckle
- try
- vex
- visit
- weigh down
- weight
- wilt
- worry
- wreak
- yield
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