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Gift

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

    "She gave him a cell phone as a birthday gift."

  2. 2
    Acronym of gamete intrafallopian transfer. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable, usually
  3. 3
    the act of giving wordnet
  4. 4
    A talent or natural ability.

    "She had a gift for playing the flute."

  5. 5
    natural abilities or qualities wordnet
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  1. 6
    Something gained incidentally, without effort.
  2. 7
    something acquired without compensation wordnet
  3. 8
    The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

    "The office is in the gift of the President."

Verb
  1. 1
    To give as a gift or donation. transitive
  2. 2
    give as a present; make a gift of wordnet
  3. 3
    To give away, to concede easily. transitive

    "Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball."

  4. 4
    give qualities or abilities to wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gift (also yift, yifte, ȝift, ȝeft), partly from Old English ġift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -t (etymologically yive + -t). Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Saterland Frisian Gift (“gift”), German Low German Gift (“poison”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Danish gift (“gift (obsolete); poison, venom”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. Distantly related to English habit, from Latin habitus.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gift (also yift, yifte, ȝift, ȝeft), partly from Old English ġift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -t (etymologically yive + -t). Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Saterland Frisian Gift (“gift”), German Low German Gift (“poison”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Danish gift (“gift (obsolete); poison, venom”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. Distantly related to English habit, from Latin habitus.

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