gave

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Pronunciation

/ɡeɪv/ (UK)

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/ɡeɪv/ (UK) · [ɡeːv] · [ɡɛːv]

Definition of gave

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(form-of, past)simple past of give

“I gaue thee Life, and rescu'd thee from Death.”
“The superior degree of confidence towards Harriet, which this one article marked, gave her severe pain.”
“With the Oxford canal at the bottom of his garden, regular canoeing excursions gave him enormous pleasure.”

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verb

(form-of, past)simple past of give

“I gaue thee Life, and rescu'd thee from Death.”
“The superior degree of confidence towards Harriet, which this one article marked, gave her severe pain.”
“With the Oxford canal at the bottom of his garden, regular canoeing excursions gave him enormous pleasure.”
(colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past)past participle of give

“Well I suppose you will wonder what has happened to change my mind and if somebody has gave me a birthday present of $600.00 or something.”
“Mr. Green. No; not to my recollection, Senator. I may have gave Frank Prince some for his wife, or something like that.”
“I'm talking about redundancies, he said, that's what I'm talking about. And yous better get bloody used to the idea. One of the men shrugged: Ach well, we knew it was coming. That's as maybe but they should've gave us notice. Formal.”