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gifture

gifture noun: gift; giving.

Noun

gifture (plural giftures)

  1. (obsolete) Gift; giving.
    • Secondly let them note that they require them as due vnto them by the donation and gifture of men, and not lure diuino, and therefoꝛe being giuen them foꝛ the cauſes afoꝛeſaid by chꝛiſtian kings and pꝛinces, they may in that reſpect hold them ſtill without any offence to the diuine goodneſſe, oꝛ...1583, Phillip Stubbes, The Second Part of the Anatomie of Abuſes, London: […] R. W. for William Wright, page 218 (unnumbered)
    • He Prooueth it from the efficient, that the Lord doth beſtowe her,and that in manner differing from his ordinarie and common giftures.1610, Iohn Dod, Robert Cleaver, A Plaine and Familiar Exposition: […], London: […] Roger Iackſon, pages 61-62

Forms of gifture

pluralgiftures

Origin of gifture

From Middle English yifture, ȝefture. Equivalent to gift + -ure.

Questions about gifture

What does gifture mean?
Gifture means gift; giving.
What part of speech is gifture?
Gifture is a noun.
What is the plural of gifture?
The plural of gifture is giftures.

Words near gifture in the dictionary

  1. giftset
  2. giftsets
  3. giftshop
  4. giftshops
  5. giftsub
  6. gifture
  7. giftures
  8. giftware
  9. giftwares
  10. giftwrap
  11. giftwrapped

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