1. Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
   "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold" 
2. Be the cause or source of
   "He gave me a lot of trouble"
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1. The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
   - spring, springiness

Derived forms: gave, given, gives, giving

See also: give back, give in, giver, giving

Type of: accept, accord, administer, allot, allow, apply, approximate, bring down, cater, cerebrate, change, cogitate, come about, communicate, compensate, consent, countenance, create, deal, deal out, direct, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole, dole out, drink, elasticity, emit, employ, estimate, evince, execute, express, fall out, free, furnish, gauge, give up, go for, go on, grant, guess, hap, happen, impose, indemnify, inflict, intercommunicate, judge, lead, let, let loose, let out, lot, make, mete, mete out, move, obtrude, occur, offer, parcel out, pass, pass off, perform, permit, pledge, ply, produce, proffer, provide, recompense, release, relinquish, render, repair, resign, salute, say, shell out, show, snap, state, stretch, subject, submit, supply, take place, tell, think, toast, transfer, use, utilise [Brit], utilize, utter, visit, wassail [archaic]

Antonym: take

Encyclopedia: Give Give, Get, Take and Have

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