giving
giving is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A gift; a benefaction. [R.] Pope.
- 2.The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the first giving of the weather." Addison. Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse. -- Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving. His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- advantage
- after
- all
- aright
- before
- behalf
- beholden
- behoof
- benediction
- beneficial
- benefit
- best
- bless
- blessing
- boon
- boot
- chance
- commendable
- common
- consummation
- devoutly
- fall
- far
- favor
- feel
- feeling
- for
- forget
- fortune
- gain
- gift
- give
- godsend
- good
- goodness
- grace
- gramercy
- grateful
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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