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to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. For generous lords had rather give than pay. Young.

p. p. & a. from Give, v.

One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes. It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian. Kollock.

Fetters.

A giver of alms.

Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece. -- n.

To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign. To them that list the world's gay shows I leave, And to great ones such folly do forgive. Spenser.

The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. Dan. ix. 9. In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin. Eph. i. 7.

One who forgives. Johnson.

One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.

To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] Laud.

The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

To surpass in giving. Dryden.

To give over; to surrender; to yield. [Obs.] Spenser.

To give again; to give back.

To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. [R.] Bailey.

The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. Abp. Bramhall.

One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.

To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [Obs. or R.] Mede.

One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow.