Begive

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give out; give of oneself; issue; endow; administer; transfer. transitive

    "How am I begiving? To whom do I begive and why? What is the quality of my begiving? How willing am I to begive? How much? To what extent?"

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issueissue

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"How am I begiving? To whom do I begive and why? What is the quality of my begiving? How willing am I to begive? How much? To what extent?"

Etymology

From be- (“out, over, across”) + give. Compare Dutch begeven (“to give up, forsake”), German begeben (“to issue, endow”), Danish begive (“to go”), Swedish begiva (“to proceed, start for, go”).

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