Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To thrust gifts upon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
entrust ;endow . - verb transitive To
give agift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts. - verb transitive To give as a gift.
Etymologies
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From Middle English bigiften ("to entrust"), equivalent to be- + gift. Cognate with Dutch begiften ("to endow"), German begaben ("to endow"), Swedish begåva ("to endow, dower").
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Examples
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This bailout is a last minute heist by the Bush whitehouse to begift their buddies.
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They sometimes meet heroes, as they met Helgi in the Eddic Lay (Helgi and Sigrun Lay), and help or begift them; they prepare the magic broth for Balder, are charmed with Hother's lute-playing, and bestow on him a belt of victory and a girdle of splendour, and prophesy things to come.
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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