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单词 agive
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agivev.

Brit. /əˈɡɪv/, U.S. /əˈɡɪv/
Forms: see a- prefix1 and give v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix2, give v.
Etymology: In sense 1, cognate with or formed similarly to Old Dutch irgevan to let (a person) go (Middle Dutch, Dutch (now archaic) ergeven to surrender (reflexive), although these may show independent borrowings < German), Old Saxon ageban to give up, to surrender, to yield (a person or thing; chiefly with reference to the betrayal of Christ), to give (a thing) back, to abandon, let go of (a person or thing) (Middle Low German ergēven to surrender (reflexive)), Old High German irgeban to give up, surrender, yield (also reflexive), to give back, to let go (Middle High German ergeben , German ergeben to surrender, to yield (also reflexive), to give (something) up, (reflexive, now obsolete) to abandon a state of rigidity), Gothic usgiban to recompense, to repay < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix1) + the Germanic base of give v. In sense 2 probably an independent formation, < a- prefix2 + give v.In Old English a strong verb of Class V; the strong inflection is continued in later English.
1. transitive. To give up, give back; to render, surrender. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)]
forsakec893
forlet971
to reach upOE
agiveOE
yield?c1225
uptake1297
up-yield1297
yield1297
deliverc1300
to-yielda1375
overgivec1384
grant1390
forbeara1400
livera1400
forgoc1400
upgive1415
permit1429
quit1429
renderc1436
relinquish1479
abandonc1485
to hold up?1499
enlibertyc1500
surrender1509
cess1523
relent1528
to cast up?1529
resignate1531
uprender1551
demit1563
disclaim1567
to fling up1587
to give up1589
quittance1592
vail1593
enfeoff1598
revoke1599
to give off1613
disownc1620
succumb1632
abdicate1633
delinquish1645
discount1648
to pass away1650
to turn off1667
choke1747
to jack up1870
chuck up (the sponge)1878
chuckc1879
unget1893
sling1902
to jack in1948
punt1966
to-leave-
the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > give back [verb (transitive)]
yieldc897
agiveOE
again-setOE
restorec1325
acquitc1330
to pay outa1382
refundc1386
to give againa1400
quita1400
restituec1400
reliver1426
surrend1450
redeliver1490
refer1496
render1513
rebail1539
re-present1564
regive1575
to give backa1586
to turn back1587
relate1590
turn1597
returna1632
to hand back1638
redonate1656
reappropriate1659
re-cede1684
revert1688
replace1776
restitute1885
to kick back1926
the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > send answer in return > in rebuttal
agiveOE
retort?1567
rejoin1601
surreply1650
counter-puffa1658
riposte1851
surrebut1866
OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvii. 17 Hwæþer wylle ge þæt ic eow agyfe þe Barrabban ðe þone Hælynd?
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1106 Se cyng him nolde agifan þet þe he on Normandige uppon him genumen hæfde.
a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 29 Ah soðliche al he hit mot aȝefen ȝif he hit haueð; and ȝif he hit naueð aȝefe swa muchel swa he mei.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 139 (MED) Þos word aȝaf [a1300 Jesus Oxf. a yaf] þe niȝtingale.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11061 Aȝif us [c1300 Otho and ȝef vs] ure icunde lond.
2. intransitive. To give way or yield; to abandon a state of rigidity. Cf. give v. 39. Now rare (English regional (Devon)).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [verb (intransitive)] > become softer (of hops)
agive1669
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ viii. 135 As soon as your Hops are off the Kiln,..lay them in some room, or place..that they may cool, and agive, and toughen.
a1895 S. Hewett MS Coll. Devonshire Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 27/2 The frost agives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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