GIVE (2)

Give (?), v. i. 1. 1. To give a gift or gifts.
2. 2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.
3. 3. To become soft or moist. Bacon .
4. 4. To move; to recede.
Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. Daniel. 5. 5. To shed tears; to weep.
Whose eyes do never give But through lust and laughter. Shak. 6. 6. To have a misgiving.
My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market women. J. Webster. 7. 7. To open; to lead.
This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk. Tennyson. To give back, to recede; to retire; to retreat. They gave back and came no farther. Bunyan. — To give in, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self beaten; to cease opposition. The Scots battalion was enforced to give in. Hayward. This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases. Pope. — To give off, to cease; to forbear. Locke. — To give on or upon. (a) To rush; to fall upon. (b) To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. [A Gallicism: cf. Fr. donner sur.] Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch. Tennyson. The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave. Dickens. — To give out. (a) To expend all one's strength. Hence: (b) To cease from exertion; to fail; to be exhausted; as, my feet being to give out; the flour has given out. — To give over, to cease; to discontinue; to desist. It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after fame. Addison. — To give up, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as, he would never give up.