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guift

guift is the obsolete form of gift.

Meaning of gift

Noun

gift (plural gifts)

  1. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
    • She gave him a cell phone as a birthday gift.
    Synonyms:
    gift For beneficial actions, ability, aptitude, knack, talent, strength
  2. A talent or natural ability.
    • She had a gift for playing the flute.
  3. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
  4. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
    • The office is in the gift of the President.
  5. (Australia) A footrace, often a short one with a prize, sometimes with a handicap system whereby runners start from different positions based on their past performance.
    • […] Stawell Gift Committee requested a special train for the gift's one hundredth anniversary celebration but […]1981, [Victoria] Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), volume 363, page 5391

See all 7 meanings of gift

Forms of guift

pluralguifts

Questions about guift

What is guift the obsolete form of?
Guift is the obsolete form of gift.

Words near guift in the dictionary

  1. guidwilly
  2. Guienne
  3. guies
  4. Guifarro
  5. Guifarros
  6. guift
  7. guifts
  8. Guigang
  9. Guigar
  10. guige
  11. guiges

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