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单词 giving
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givingn.

/ˈɡɪvɪŋ/
Etymology: < give v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of give v.
1.
a. In transitive senses. Occasionally in plural.
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the mind > possession > giving > [noun]
givec1275
gifta1300
giving13..
donationc1425
gifture1503
rendering1523
donature1629
13.. K. Alis. 839 Alisaundre god los Of that gevying him aros.
c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 230 Rest nis ther noon in his yeving.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 400 Thes iiij. maners of ȝeuyngis.
1573 J. Sanford tr. L. Guicciardini Hours Recreat. (1576) 211 Promissing is the vigile of giving.
1581 T. Rogers S. Augustines Praiers xvii. 70 For euerie good giuing and euerie perfect gift is from aboue.
1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) sig. G2 The giving of it Glisterwise in a fume to a patient.1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 18 Constant at Church, and Change; his gains were sure, His givings rare, save farthings to the poor.1851 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xi. 137 When the spirit of giving was substituted for the spirit of mere rivalry.1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 492 We go..to hold givings and takings with giants.
b. Gerundially with †a (on) or with omission of the preposition.
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1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lxiv. 387 Euen while Gods lawe was a giuing to them..they prouoked Gods Vengeaunce.
1707 S. Sewall Diary 2 July (1973) I. 569 I could not hear one Word while the Degrees were giving.
2. In intransitive senses.
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1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 254. ⁋10 Upon the first Giving of the Weather.
1818 Sporting Mag. 2 189 The men closed after three distinct rallies, in which there was a considerable giving.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Giving, the surging of a seizing; new rope stretching to the strain.
3. With adverbs, as giving back, giving in, giving over, giving out, giving up. Also giving way (see give v. 49).
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [noun] > giving in
yieldingc1425
yield1602
cession1607
yieldance1610
giving in1831
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 225/1 Gevyng over a thyng, resignation.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xix. 23 To treat of some good accord touching the giving over of the castle.
1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 18 To make me resolue the giuing ouer that place.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pas d'escrevisse, a..giuing backe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 126 This is the Monkies own giuing out. View more context for this quotation
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Archit. I. 43 Their Platform..by the giving way of the Earth, became ruinous.
1804 Morning Post in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1805) VIII. 244 The ambiguous givings out, and the unambiguous promptings that are pent within.
1831 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 168 [He] seemed to think it very much of a giving in on the part of his brother agitators.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xii. lxx. 393 A giving up that had been most unhandsomely accepted by his landlord.
1884 Law Times Rep. 51 229/2 The immediate cause of the subsidence was the giving way of a stratum of soft mud.
1894 Daily News 9 Mar. 3/7 The cruiser..having broken down through the giving out of her cylinders.
4. concrete. That which is given; a gift. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun]
givec888
lakeOE
presentc1230
giftc1275
garrison1297
benefit1377
beneficec1380
givinga1382
handsela1393
donativec1430
oblation1433
propine1448
presentationc1460
don1524
sportule1538
premie?1548
first penny1557
donation1577
exhibition1579
donary1582
fairing1584
merced1589
gifture1592
meed1613
recado1615
regalo1622
regale1649
dation1656
compliment1702
dashee1705
dash1788
cadeau1808
bestowment1837
potlatch1844
prez.1919
Harry Freeman's1925
pressie1933
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxviii. 2 Fro the king he schal take ȝyuyng [L. donationem].
1664 S. Pepys Diary 18 Sept. (1971) IV. 274 My aunt Wight did send my Wife a new scarfe, laced, as a token for her many givings to her.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 730 Scepter and Power, thy giving, I assume, And gladlier shall resign. View more context for this quotation

Compounds

giving-away price n. a price so low that a commodity is almost given away for nothing (see giveaway n. 1(b)).
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1924 Sale Catal. Giving-away price, per yard 6d.
giving-set n. an apparatus for giving blood transfusions or the like.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > life-supporting equipment > [noun] > blood-transfusion apparatus
giving-set1955
1955 D. F. E. Nash Princ. Surg. Nursing ii. ix. 138 All giving-sets must of course be supplied in a sterile container.
1961 Lancet 2 Sept. 537/1 The recent appearance of new sterile-packed, disposable giving-sets.
1961 Lancet 16 Sept. 662/1 Any general practitioner undertaking domiciliary midwifery should..have at hand..a transfusion giving set.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

givingadj.

/ˈɡɪvɪŋ/
Etymology: < give v. + -ing suffix2.
That gives, in senses of the verb.
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the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > giving
givinga1382
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. li. 23 To the ȝyuende to me wisdam I shal ȝyue glorie.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Moite,..giuing as stones in rainie weather.
1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxviii. 482 O get a heart mortified to all these things, and you will bless a taking as well as a giving God.
1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 189 From his soft, giving palm.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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