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gives over

gives over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give over.

Meaning of give over

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, transitive) To give up, hand over, surrender (something).
    • Diocletian, the emperor, was so much affected with it that he gave over his sceptre and turned gardener.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
  2. (transitive) To entrust (something) to another.
    • She gave the deeds over to the solicitor.
  3. (transitive) To devote or resign to a particular purpose or activity; to yield completely.
    • The factory has been entirely given over to aircraft manufacture.
  4. (transitive) To quit, to abandon.
    • If the bodies continued missing until Sunday, all hope would be given over, and the funerals would be preached on that morning.1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, page 89
  5. (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To give up; abandon; stop.
    • Give over with your nonsense, will you!

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What is gives over the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gives over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give over.

Words near gives over in the dictionary

  1. gives one's notice
  2. gives one's right arm
  3. gives one's word
  4. gives oneself airs
  5. gives out
  6. gives over
  7. gives pause
  8. gives paw
  9. gives pursuit
  10. gives rise to
  11. gives somebody time

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