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upgives

upgives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upgive.

Meaning of upgive

Verb

upgive (third-person singular simple present upgives, present participle upgiving, simple past upgave, past participle upgiven)

  1. (poetic, transitive, obsolete except in Scots law) To give up or yield up.
    • […] we hereby resign, surrender, upgive, overgive and deliver, ALL and WHOLE — (here the lands were described) — together with all right, title and interest whatever […]1811, Robert Bell, A System of the Forms of Deeds Used in Scotland, page 116

Questions about upgives

What is upgives the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Upgives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upgive.

Words near upgives in the dictionary

  1. upgirding
  2. upgirds
  3. upgirt
  4. upgive
  5. upgiven
  6. upgives
  7. upgiving
  8. upglance
  9. upglanced
  10. upglances
  11. upglancing

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