Upgive

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give up or yield up. poetic, transitive

    "[…] we hereby resign, surrender, upgive, overgive and deliver, ALL and WHOLE — (here the lands were described) — together with all right, title and interest whatever […]"

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"[…] we hereby resign, surrender, upgive, overgive and deliver, ALL and WHOLE — (here the lands were described) — together with all right, title and interest whatever […]"

Etymology

From up- + give. Cognate with German aufgeben (“to abandon, give up, quit”).

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give upyield up

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