To hand over (a thing) as a present; to confer gratuitously the ownership of (some possession) on another person (with or without actual delivery…

transitive. With on, upon. See also phrases 4, to put on —— at phrasal verbs 2, and put-upon, adj. In positive sense: to bestow (a blessing…

transitive. Scottish. To make a present of; to make over to another, renounce. Obsolete.

Const. on, upon (of obsolete) a person.

To bestow as a gift; to make a present of. Const. with to or dative. Also with away. Chiefly Scottish.

transitive. To make a donation or gift of; hence (in U.S.) to give, bestow, grant.