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giving
(encz) | giving,dávající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Giving
(gcide) | Give \Give\ (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. Gave (g[=a]v); p. p. Given
(g[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.] [OE. given, yiven,
yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an,
OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth.
giban. Cf. Gift, n.]
1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without
compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as
authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
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For generous lords had rather give than pay.
--Young.
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2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in
exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of
what we buy.
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What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?
--Matt. xvi.
26.
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3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and
steel give sparks.
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4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to
pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment,
a sentence, a shout, etc.
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5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to
license; to commission.
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It is given me once again to behold my friend.
--Rowe.
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Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.
--Pope.
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6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show;
as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships,
gives four hundred to each ship.
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7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply
one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder;
also in this sense used very frequently in the past
participle; as, the people are given to luxury and
pleasure; the youth is given to study.
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8. (Logic & Math.) To set forth as a known quantity or a
known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; --
used principally in the passive form given.
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9. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
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I give not heaven for lost. --Mlton.
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10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
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I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a
lover. --Sheridan.
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11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give
offense; to give pleasure or pain.
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12. To pledge; as, to give one's word.
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13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give
one to understand, to know, etc.
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But there the duke was given to understand
That in a gondola were seen together
Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. --Shak.
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14. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.
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To give away, to make over to another; to transfer.
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Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our
lives, is given away from ourselves. --Atterbury.
To give back, to return; to restore. --Atterbury.
To give the bag, to cheat. [Obs.]
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I fear our ears have given us the bag. --J. Webster.
To give birth to.
(a) To bear or bring forth, as a child.
(b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise,
idea.
To give chase, to pursue.
To give ear to. See under Ear.
To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. --Hayward.
To give ground. See under Ground, n.
To give the hand, to pledge friendship or faith.
To give the hand of, to espouse; to bestow in marriage.
To give the head. See under Head, n.
To give in.
(a) To abate; to deduct.
(b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender;
as, to give in one's adhesion to a party.
To give the lie to (a person), to tell (him) that he lies.
To give line. See under Line.
To give off, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc.
To give one's self away, to make an inconsiderate surrender
of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's
purposes, or the like. [Colloq.]
To give out.
(a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare.
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One that gives out himself Prince Florizel.
--Shak.
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Give out you are of Epidamnum. --Shak.
(b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance
gives out steam or odors.
To give over.
(a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon.
(b) To despair of.
(c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self).
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The Babylonians had given themselves over to
all manner of vice. --Grew.
To give place, to withdraw; to yield one's claim.
To give points.
(a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a
certain advantage; to allow a handicap.
(b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.]
To give rein. See under Rein, n.
To give the sack. Same as To give the bag.
To give and take.
(a) To average gains and losses.
(b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc.
To give time
(Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor.
--Abbott.
To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment
appropriate to the hour, as "good morning." "good
evening", etc.
To give tongue, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of
dogs.
To give up.
(a) To abandon; to surrender. "Don't give up the ship."
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He has . . . given up
For certain drops of salt, your city Rome.
--Shak.
(b) To make public; to reveal.
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I'll not state them
By giving up their characters. --Beau. & Fl.
(c) (Used also reflexively.)
To give up the ghost. See under Ghost.
To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to
surrender one's self.
To give way.
(a) To withdraw; to give place.
(b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding
gave way.
(c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased
energy.
(d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value;
as, railroad securities gave way two per cent.
To give way together, to row in time; to keep stroke.
Syn: To Give, Confer, Grant.
Usage: To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest.
To confer was originally used of persons in power, who
gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the
order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the
giving of something which might have been withheld;
as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer
to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way
dependent or inferior.
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Giving
(gcide) | Giving \Giv"ing\, n.
1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
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2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] --Pope.
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3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the
first giving of the weather." --Addison.
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Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse.
Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.
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His givings out were of an infinite distance
From his true meant design. --Shak.
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giving
(wn) | giving
adj 1: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the
bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a
freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's
child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the
arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded
grandfather" [syn: big, bighearted, bounteous,
bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving,
liberal, openhanded]
n 1: the act of giving [syn: giving, gift]
2: the imparting of news or promises etc.; "he gave us the news
and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of
honor seemed to come too easily"
3: disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving
value in return; "the alumni followed a program of annual
giving" |
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alms-giving
(encz) | alms-giving,dobročinnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
forgiving
(encz) | forgiving,odpouštějící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
forgivingly
(encz) | forgivingly, |
forgivingness
(encz) | forgivingness,shovívavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
giving
(encz) | giving,dávající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
giving birth
(encz) | giving birth, n: |
giving head
(encz) | giving head,kuřba orální sex web |
giving medication
(encz) | giving medication, n: |
giving out
(encz) | giving out,rozdávání n: Zdeněk Brož |
giving protection
(encz) | giving protection, adv: |
giving up
(encz) | giving up, n: |
life-giving
(encz) | life-giving,životodárný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
misgiving
(encz) | misgiving,obava n: Zdeněk Brož |
misgivings
(encz) | misgivings,obavy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
self-giving
(encz) | self-giving, adj: |
thanksgiving
(encz) | thanksgiving,děkování n: Zdeněk Brožthanksgiving,díkuvzdání n: Zdeněk Brož |
thanksgiving day
(encz) | Thanksgiving Day,den díkůvzdání n: Petr Prášek |
thanksgivings
(encz) | thanksgivings,díkůvzdání n: Petr Prášek |
unforgiving
(encz) | unforgiving,nemilosrdný adj: Zdeněk Brožunforgiving,neodpouštějící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unforgivingly
(encz) | unforgivingly, adv: |
Almsgiving
(gcide) | Almsgiving \Alms"giv`ing\ ([add]mz"g[i^]v`[i^]ng), n.
The giving of alms.
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Forgiving
(gcide) | Forgive \For*give"\, v. t. [imp. Forgave; p. p. Forgiven; p.
pr. & vb. n. Forgiving] [OE. forgiven, foryiven, foryeven,
AS. forgiefan, forgifan; perh. for- + giefan, gifan to give;
cf. D. vergeven, G. vergeben, Icel. fyrirgefa, Sw. f?rgifva,
Goth. fragiban to give, grant. See For-, and Give, v. t.]
1. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to
resign.
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To them that list the world's gay shows I leave,
And to great ones such folly do forgive. --Spenser.
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2. To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of
(an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon;
-- said in reference to the act forgiven.
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And their sins should be forgiven them. --Mark iv.
12.
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He forgive injures so readily that he might be said
to invite them. --Macaulay.
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3. To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong
committed; to give up claim to requital from or
retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; --
said of the person offending.
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Father, forgive them; for they know not what they
do. --Luke xxiii.
34.
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I as free forgive you, as I would be fforgiven.
--Shak.
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Note: Sometimes both the person and the offense follow as
objects of the verb, sometimes one and sometimes the
other being the indirect object. "Forgive us our debts
as we forgive our debtors." --Matt. vi. 12. "Be of good
cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." --Matt. ix. 2.
Syn: See excuse.
[1913 Webster]Forgiving \For*giv"ing\, a.
Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild;
merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. --
For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. --J. C.
Shairp.
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Forgivingly
(gcide) | Forgiving \For*giv"ing\, a.
Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild;
merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. --
For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. --J. C.
Shairp.
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forgivingness
(gcide) | forgivingness \forgivingness\ n.
a tendency to be kind and forgiving.
Syn: kindness.
[WordNet 1.5]Forgiving \For*giv"ing\, a.
Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild;
merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. --
For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. --J. C.
Shairp.
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Forgivingness
(gcide) | forgivingness \forgivingness\ n.
a tendency to be kind and forgiving.
Syn: kindness.
[WordNet 1.5]Forgiving \For*giv"ing\, a.
Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild;
merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. --
For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. --J. C.
Shairp.
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Gaingiving
(gcide) | Gaingiving \Gain"giv`ing\, n. [See Again, and Give.]
A misgiving. [Obs.]
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Giving in
(gcide) | Giving \Giv"ing\, n.
1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
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2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] --Pope.
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3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the
first giving of the weather." --Addison.
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Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse.
Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.
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His givings out were of an infinite distance
From his true meant design. --Shak.
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Giving out
(gcide) | Giving \Giv"ing\, n.
1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
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2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] --Pope.
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3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the
first giving of the weather." --Addison.
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Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse.
Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.
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His givings out were of an infinite distance
From his true meant design. --Shak.
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Lawgiving
(gcide) | Lawgiving \Law"giv`ing\, a.
Enacting laws; legislative.
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life-giving
(gcide) | life-giving \life"-giv`ing\ (l[imac]f"g[i^]v`[i^]ng), a.
Giving life or spirit; having power to give life;
inspiriting; invigorating; as, life-giving love and praise.
Syn: vital, vitalizing.
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returning the life-giving humus to the land.
--Louis
Bromfield.
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Misgiving
(gcide) | Misgive \Mis*give"\, v. t. [imp. Misgave; p. p. Misgiven; p.
pr. & vb. n. Misgiving.]
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1. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] --Laud.
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2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead
of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make
irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and
followed by the objective personal pronoun.
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So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts
What may befall him, to his harm and ours. --Shak.
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Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they
had deserved. --Milton.
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3. To suspect; to dread. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]misgiving \mis*giv"ing\, n.
Evil premonition; doubt; distrust; a feeling of apprehension;
-- used commonly in the plural. "Suspicious and misgivings."
--South.
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misgiving
(gcide) | Misgive \Mis*give"\, v. t. [imp. Misgave; p. p. Misgiven; p.
pr. & vb. n. Misgiving.]
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1. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] --Laud.
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2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead
of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make
irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and
followed by the objective personal pronoun.
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So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts
What may befall him, to his harm and ours. --Shak.
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Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they
had deserved. --Milton.
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3. To suspect; to dread. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]misgiving \mis*giv"ing\, n.
Evil premonition; doubt; distrust; a feeling of apprehension;
-- used commonly in the plural. "Suspicious and misgivings."
--South.
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Thanksgiving
(gcide) | Thanksgiving \Thanks"giv`ing\, n.
1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for
favors or mercies.
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Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be
refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. --1
Tim. iv. 4.
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In the thanksgiving before meat. --Shak.
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And taught by thee the Church prolongs
Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. --Keble.
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2. A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness;
also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to
acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable
deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary
dispensation of his bounties.
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Note: In the United States it is now customary for the
President by proclamation to appoint annually a day
(usually the last Thursday in November) of thanksgiving
and praise to God for the mercies of the past year.
This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in
several States in which an annual Thanksgiving day has
been appointed by proclamation of the governor.
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Unforgiving
(gcide) | Unforgiving \Unforgiving\
See forgiving. |
Ungiving
(gcide) | Ungiving \Ungiving\
See giving. |
alms-giving
(wn) | alms-giving
n 1: making voluntary contributions to aid the poor [syn: {alms-
giving}, almsgiving] |
almsgiving
(wn) | almsgiving
n 1: making voluntary contributions to aid the poor [syn: {alms-
giving}, almsgiving] |
forgiving
(wn) | forgiving
adj 1: inclined or able to forgive and show mercy; "a kindly
forgiving nature"; "a forgiving embrace to the naughty
child" [ant: unforgiving]
2: providing absolution [syn: absolvitory, exonerative,
forgiving] |
forgivingly
(wn) | forgivingly
adv 1: with forgiveness; in a forgiving manner; "`Never mind,'
she said forgivingly" [ant: unforgivingly] |
forgivingness
(wn) | forgivingness
n 1: tendency to be kind and forgiving [syn: forgivingness,
kindness] |
giving
(wn) | giving
adj 1: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the
bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a
freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's
child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the
arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded
grandfather" [syn: big, bighearted, bounteous,
bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving,
liberal, openhanded]
n 1: the act of giving [syn: giving, gift]
2: the imparting of news or promises etc.; "he gave us the news
and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of
honor seemed to come too easily"
3: disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving
value in return; "the alumni followed a program of annual
giving" |
giving birth
(wn) | giving birth
n 1: the process of giving birth [syn: parturition, birth,
giving birth, birthing] |
giving medication
(wn) | giving medication
n 1: the act of administering medication [syn: administration,
giving medication] |
giving up
(wn) | giving up
n 1: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: giving up,
yielding, surrender]
2: the act of forsaking [syn: forsaking, giving up] |
life-giving
(wn) | life-giving
adj 1: giving or having the power to give life and spirit;
"returning the life-giving humus to the land"- Louis
Bromfield; "life-giving love and praise"; "the vitalizing
rays of the warming sun" [syn: life-giving,
vitalizing] |
misgiving
(wn) | misgiving
n 1: uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: scruple,
qualm, misgiving]
2: painful expectation [syn: apprehension, misgiving]
3: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving, mistrust,
distrust, suspicion] |
self-giving
(wn) | self-giving
adj 1: willing to deprive yourself [syn: self-denying, {self-
giving}, self-sacrificing] |
thanksgiving
(wn) | Thanksgiving
n 1: fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second
Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in
1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag [syn:
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day]
2: a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son
said grace" [syn: grace, blessing, thanksgiving] |
thanksgiving cactus
(wn) | Thanksgiving cactus
n 1: South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers;
often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as
genus Schlumbergera [syn: crab cactus, {Thanksgiving
cactus}, Zygocactus truncatus, Schlumbergera truncatus] |
thanksgiving day
(wn) | Thanksgiving Day
n 1: fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second
Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in
1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag [syn:
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day] |
unforgiving
(wn) | unforgiving
adj 1: unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy; "a surly
unforgiving old woman" [ant: forgiving]
2: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim
determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it
seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless
persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim,
inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable,
unforgiving, unrelenting] |
unforgivingly
(wn) | unforgivingly
adv 1: without forgiveness; in an unforgiving manner;
"unforgivingly, he insisted that she pay her debt to the
last penny" [ant: forgivingly] |
add 1 to cobol giving cobol
(foldoc) | ADD 1 TO COBOL GIVING COBOL
(From COBOL's equivalent syntax to C's C++)
A tongue-in-cheek suggestion by Bruce Clement for an
object-oriented COBOL.
[SIGPLAN Notices 27(4):90-91 (Apr 1992)].
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GIVING IN PAYMENT
(bouvier) | GIVING IN PAYMENT. This term is used in Louisiana; it signifies that a
debtor, instead of paying a debt he owes in money, satisfies his creditor by
giving in payment a movable or immovable. Vide Dation en paiement.
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GIVING TIME
(bouvier) | GIVING TIME, contracts. Any agreement by which a creditor gives his debtor a
delay or time in paying his debt, beyond that contained in the original
agreement. When other persons are responsible to him, either as drawer,
endorser, or surety, if such time be given without the consent of the
latter, it discharges them from responsibility to him. 1 Gall. Rep. 32; 7
John. R. 332; 10 John. Rep. 180; Id. 587 Kirby, R. 397 3 Binn. R. 523; 2
John. Ch. R. 554; 3 Desaus. Ch. Rep. 604; 2 Desaus. Ch. R. 230, 389 2 Ves.
jr. 504; 6 Ves. jr. 805 3 Atk. 91; 2 Bos. & Pull,. 62; 4 M. & S. 232; Bac.
Ab. Obligations, D; 6. Dow. P. C. 238; 3 Meriv. R. 272; 5 Barn., & A. 187.
Vide 1 Leigh's N . P. 31; 1 B. & P. 652; 2 B. & P. 61; 3 B. & P. 363; 8
East, R. 570; 3 Price, R. 521; 2 Campb. R. 178. 12 East,.R. 38; 5 Taunt. R.
319; S. C. 1 E. C. L. R. 119; Rosc. Civ. Ev. 171; 8 Watts, R. 448; 4 Penn.
St. R. 73; 10 Paige, 76; and the article Forbearance.
2. But more delay in suing, without fraud or any agreement with the
principal, is not such giving time as will discharge the surety. 1 Gallis.
32; 2 Pick. 581 3 Blackf. 93 7 John. 332. See Surety.
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