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† aˈgive, v. Obs.
For forms see give.
[f. a- prefix 1 out, away, up + give. OE. agifan is cogn. w. OHG. ar-, ur-, ir-, er-geban (mod.G. ergeben), Goth. us-giban.]
1. trans. To give up, give back; render, surrender.
c1000O.E. Gosp. Matt. xxvii. 17 Hwæðer wille ᵹe þæt ich eow aᵹyfe, þe Barraban, þe þanne Hælend. c1175Lamb. Hom. 29 Ah soðliche al he hit mot aȝefen ȝif he hit haueð. and ȝif he hit naueð aȝefe swa muchel swa he mei. 1205Layam. 22165 Aȝif us ure icunde lond. a1250Owl & Night. 139 Thos word aȝaf the niȝtingale.
2. intr. To give way or yield; to abandon a state of rigidity; cf. to give.
1681J. W[orlidge] Syst. Agric. 155 As soon as your Hops are off the Kiln,..lay them in some room or place..that they may cool, agive, and toughen. |