Gift

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  • noun. Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation.
  • noun. The act of giving.
  • noun. A talent, endowment, aptitude, or inclination.
  • transitive verb. To present something as a gift to.
  • transitive verb. To give as a gift.
  • transitive verb. To endow with.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To confer or transfer as a gift; make a gift of; donate formally.
  • To endow with a gift or with any power or faculty: chiefly in the past participle.
  • noun. The act, right, or power of giving or conferring: as, to get a thing by gift; an office in the gift of the people.
  • noun. Specifically, in law: A voluntary transfer of property by the owner of it to another, without consideration or compensation therefor, or without any other consideration than love and affection, or a nominal consideration, or both; a gratuitous assignment. See donation and consideration, In old English law, the creation of an estate in tail (see estate) as distinguished from the creation of an estate in fee simple, which was termed feoffment
  • noun. That which is given or bestowed; anything ownership of which is voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; a donation.
  • noun. A natural quality or endowment regarded as conferred; power; faculty: as, the gift of wit; the gift of speech.
  • noun. plural White specks on finger-nails, which have been superstitiously supposed to portend gifts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To endow with some power or faculty. See gift{4}.
  • noun. Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
  • noun. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
  • noun. A bribe; anything given to corrupt.
  • noun. Some exceptional inborn quality or characteristic; a striking or special talent or aptitude; power; faculty
  • noun. A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession.
  • noun. a rope extended to a boat for towing it; a guest rope.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
  • noun. A talent or natural ability.
  • noun. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
  • verb. To give (as a gift) to.
  • verb. To give away, to concede easily.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. something acquired without compensation
  • noun. natural abilities or qualities
  • verb. give as a present; make a gift of
  • verb. give qualities or abilities to
  • noun. the act of giving
  • Word Usage
    ""Enjoy the gift of beauty with the deluxe fall gift* from Estée Lauder."
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    bequeath  bung  cede  deed over  deliver  
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    Clift  Shift  Swift  adrift  clift  
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    Art  beauty  bed  children  consciousness  
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    gifted  gifting  gifts