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gave life to

gave life to is the simple past of give life to.

Meaning of give life to

Verb

give life to (third-person singular simple present gives life to, present participle giving life to, simple past gave life to, past participle given life to)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, obsolete) To render something into active use; to provide an impetus to something.

Questions about gave life to

What is gave life to the simple past of?
Gave life to is the simple past of give life to.

Words near gave life to in the dictionary

  1. gave it some welly
  2. gave it the gun
  3. gave it to someone
  4. gave it up
  5. gave lie to
  6. gave life to
  7. gave lip
  8. gave me
  9. gave name to
  10. gave neck
  11. gave notice

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