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Give over

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  1. 1
    To give up, hand over, surrender (something). archaic, transitive

    "Diocletian, the emperor, was so much affected with it that he gave over his sceptre and turned gardener."

  2. 2
    To entrust (something) to another. transitive

    "She gave the deeds over to the solicitor."

  3. 3
    To devote or resign to a particular purpose or activity; to yield completely. transitive

    "The factory has been entirely given over to aircraft manufacture."

  4. 4
    To quit, to abandon. transitive

    "If the bodies continued missing until Sunday, all hope would be given over, and the funerals would be preached on that morning."

  5. 5
    To give up; abandon; stop. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive

    "Give over with your nonsense, will you!"

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