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Conclusion; inference. [R.] Whitgift.

A copious supply bestowed. [R.] He and myself Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts. Shak. Shower bath, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also.

A trick; an artifice; an evasion. The gifts of nature are beyond all shame and shuffles. L'Estrange.

divine; heavenly-minded; -- opposed to carnal. That I may impart unto you some spiritual gift. Rom. i. ll. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings. Eph. i. 3. If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one. Gal. vi. 1.…

native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion.

A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess. To feed luxuriously, to frequent sports and theaters, to run for the sportula. South.

A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a largess; a sportula. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.

e to strange gods, after repented, and kept still the office of preaching the gospel. Whitgift. Still and anon, at intervals and repeatedly; continually; ever and anon; now and then. And like the watchful minutes to the hour, Still and anon cheered up the heavy time. Shak.

The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.

To dignify; to ennoble. An ordinary gift can not sublime a person to a supernatural employment. Jer. Taylor.

haracter; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. Chaucer. A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. Blackstone.

A charter or warrant; also, a deed of gift. [India]

Overexact; scrupulous beyond need. Superstitious use (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] Mozley & W. -- Su`per*sti"tious*ly, adv. -- Su`per*sti"tious*ness, n.

ity, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14- 30). He is chiefly to be considered in his three different talents, as a cri…

Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted. Abp. Abbot (1663).

To think fit. [Obs. or R.] G. Gifford.

diately; next; afterward. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matt. v. 24.

For that reason; therefore. Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. Milton.

ivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.