Give out Synonyms, Give out Antonyms

Synonyms for give out

verb distribute

Antonyms for give out

Word Origin & History

Old English giefan (W. Saxon) "to give, bestow; allot, grant; commit, devote, entrust," class V strong verb (past tense geaf, past participle giefen), from Proto-Germanic *gebanan (cf. Old Frisian jeva, Middle Dutch gheven, Dutch geven, Old High German geban, German geben, Gothic giban), from PIE *ghabh- "to take, hold, have, give" (see habit). It became yiven in Middle English, but changed to guttural "g" by influence of Old Norse gefa "to give," Old Danish givæ. Meaning "to yield to pressure" is from 1570s.

Give in "yield" is from 1610s; give out is mid-14c., "publish, announce;" meaning "run out, break down" is from 1520s. Give up "surrender" is mid-12c. To give (someone) a cold seems to reflect the old belief that one could be cured of disease by deliberately infecting others. What gives? "what is happening?" is attested from 1940. Give-and-take (n.) is originally from horse racing (1769) and refers to races in which bigger horses were given more weight to carry, lighter ones less. General sense attested by 1778.

Example Sentences for give out

It's something a little higher up that is likely to give out.

It was little to give out of a full and happy day; but Polly had nothing.

So I am told they now give out, in order to justify themselves at your expense.

All of a sudden, his patience, endurance, pluck seemed to give out.

Finally, my game leg—rheumatiz, you understand—begun to give out.

Says I, 'If your mind's goin' to give out we'd better be home.'

The new one, which has never been known to give out, was then bored.

And the Tom Cat said, “Can you curve your back, and purr and give out sparks?”

Then I will give out a double quantity, and we will take it together.

It's give out this morning that Stonewall Jackson's arrived on the scene.

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Synonyms for give out

Antonyms for give out

acquiesced

acquiescing

announce

announcing

annunciate

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Synonyms for give out

Antonyms for give out

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