9. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
I give not heaven for lost.
Mlton. 10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover.
Sheridan. 11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
12. To pledge; as, to give one's word.
13. To cause; to make; — with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.
But there the duke was given to understand
That in a gondola were seen together
Lorenzo and his amorous
Jessica.
Shak. To give away,
to make over to another; to transfer.
Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves.
Atterbury. —
To give back,
to return; to restore. Atterbury. — To give the bag, to cheat. [Obs.]
I fear our ears have given us the bag.
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 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.