Part 4813

<hw>Git"tith</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv.</def>

<i>Dr. W. Smith.</i>

<h1>Guist</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Guist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>Same as <er>Joust</er>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Giusto</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Gius"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[It., fr. L. <ets>justus</ets>. See <er>Just</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>In just, correct, or suitable time.</def>

<h1>Give</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Give</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Gave</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Given</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Giving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>given</ets>, <ets>yiven</ets>, <ets>yeven</ets>, AS. <ets>gifan</ets>, <ets>giefan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>geven</ets>, OS. <ets>g<?/an</ets>, OHG. <ets>geban</ets>, Icel. <ets>gefa</ets>, Sw. <ets>gifva</ets>, Dan. <ets>give</ets>, Goth. <ets>giban</ets>. Cf. <er>Gift</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.</def>

<blockquote>For generous lords had rather <b>give</b> than pay. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; <as>as, we <ex>give</ex> the value of what we buy</as>.</def>

<blockquote>What shall a man <b>give</b> in exchange for his soul ? <i>Matt. xvi. 26.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; <as>as, flint and steel <ex>give</ex> sparks</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.</def>

<blockquote>It is <b>given</b> me once again to behold my friend. <i>Rowe.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Then <b>give</b> thy friend to shed the sacred wine. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; <as>as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, <ex>gives</ex> four hundred to each ship</as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; <as>as, the soldiers <ex>give</ex> themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; <as>as, the people are <ex>given</ex> to luxury and pleasure</as>; the youth is <ex>given</ex> to study.</as></def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Logic & Math.)</fld> <def>To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form <i>given</i>.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To allow or admit by way of supposition.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>give</b> not heaven for lost. <i>Mlton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.</def>

<blockquote>I don't wonder at people's <b>giving</b> him to me as a lover. <i>Sheridan.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; <as>as, to <ex>give</ex> offense; to <ex>give</ex> pleasure or pain.</as></def>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>To pledge; <as>as, to <ex>give</ex> one's word</as>.</def>

<p><b>13.</b> <def>To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; <as>as, to <ex>give</ex> one to understand, to know, etc</as>.</def>