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    [Verb]  | "give" | \ ˈgiv \


    1: to make a present of

    2: to grant or bestow by formal action

    3: to accord or yield to another


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish giva to give; akin to Old English giefan, gifan to give, and perhaps to Latin habēre to have, hold;

    [Idiom]  | "nearly gave someone a heart attack" 


    1: to scare someone very badly

    [Noun]  | "ac*count" | \ ə-ˈkau̇nt \


    1: a record of debit and credit entries to cover transactions involving a particular item or a particular person or concern

    2: a statement of transactions during a fiscal period and the resulting balance

    3: reckoning, computation


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English acounte, accompt, borrowed from Anglo-French acunte, acounte, noun derivative of acunter "to {see: |account:2|account:2}";

    [Noun]  | "air" | \ ˈer \


    1: the mixture of invisible odorless tasteless gases (such as nitrogen and oxygen) that surrounds the earth; also : the equivalent mix of gases on another celestial object (such as a planet)

    2: a light breeze

    3: breath


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin aer, from Greek aēr air;

    [Noun]  | "axe" | \ ˈaks \


    1: a cutting tool that consists of a heavy edged head fixed to a handle with the edge parallel to the handle and that is used especially for felling trees and chopping and splitting wood

    2: a hammer with a sharp edge for dressing or spalling stone

    3: removal from office or release from employment : dismissal —usually used with the


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English æcs; akin to Old High German ackus ax, Latin ascia, Greek axinē;

    [Noun]  | "bell" | \ ˈbel \


    1: a hollow metallic device that gives off a reverberating sound when struck

    2: doorbell

    3: the sounding of a bell as a signal


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English belle, from Old English; perhaps akin to Old English bellan to roar {mat|bellow|};

    [Noun]  | "dap" | \ ˈdap \


    1: a stylized gesture in which two people clasp hands (as in greeting or solidarity) and that often involves a variety of additional gestures (such as bumping fists, snapping fingers, and slapping palms) —usually used in the phrases give dap(s) or give some dap


    Origin: 1971 ;

     Coinage probably patterned on {see: |dab:1|dab:1}, {see: |dip:1|dip:1}, {see: |tap:1|tap:1} and phonetically similar words;

      * Note : The phonetic frame alveolar plosive/vowel/labial plosive appears to constitute a phonestheme in English found in noun and verb derivatives denoting a quick, light movement. Compare also {rap:1|rap:1} and extended forms such as {dabble|dabble}, {dibble:1|dibble:1}. This word has probably arisen independently of {dap:3|dap:3} and {dap:4|dap:4}.;

    [Noun]  | "ef*fect" | \ i-ˈfekt \


    1: something that inevitably follows an antecedent (such as a cause or agent) : result, outcome

    2: a distinctive impression

    3: the creation of a desired impression


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English effect, effete "achievement, result, capacity to produce a result, gist, purpose," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French effette, effect, borrowed from Latin effectus "carrying out (of a purpose or task), result, mode of operation," from effec-, variant stem of efficere "to make, construct, bring about, produce, carry out" (from ef-, assimilated form of ex- {see: |ex-:1|ex-:1} + facere "to do, make, bring about") + -tus, suffix of action nouns {mat|fact|};

    [Noun]  | "gate" | \ ˈgāt \


    1: an opening in a wall or fence

    2: a city or castle entrance often with defensive structures (such as towers)

    3: the frame or door that closes a gate


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English geat; akin to Old Norse gat opening;

    [Verb]  | "gave" 


    1: to make a present of;


      * e.g., " ... thanked all the tutors who generously gave their time to help students after school "





    2: to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another;


      * e.g., " ... gave my camera to my father to hold while I went swimming "





    3: to bring before the public in performance or exhibition;


      * e.g., " ... the author will give a reading from her latest work at 7:00 p.m. "





    [Verb]  | "give" 


    1: to make a present of;


      * e.g., " ... thanked all the tutors who generously gave their time to help students after school "





    2: to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another;


      * e.g., " ... gave my camera to my father to hold while I went swimming "





    3: to bring before the public in performance or exhibition;


      * e.g., " ... the author will give a reading from her latest work at 7:00 p.m. "





    [Verb]  | "gave back" 


    1: as in reciprocated, rendered (to);


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    [Verb]  | "gave way (to)" 


    [Verb]  | "gave off" 


    1: as in discharged, emitted;




    [Verb]  | "gave away" 


    1: to make known (something abstract) through outward signs;


      * e.g., " ... the insincerity of his apology was given away by that slight smirk on his face "



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    2: to make a present of;


      * e.g., " ... gave away all her potted plants when she moved "



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    [Verb]  | "gave in" 


    1: to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit);


      * e.g., " ... give in and have some chocolate "





    2: to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control);


      * e.g., " ... after withstanding hours of begging, their father finally gave in and let them go to the amusement park "





    [Verb]  | "gave out" 


    1: to make known openly or publicly;


      * e.g., " ... that's information that I'm not prepared to give out "





    2: to throw or give off;


      * e.g., " ... this heater gives out a funny smell sometimes "



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    3: to stop functioning;


      * e.g., " ... waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out "



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