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gave

  • /ɡeɪv/ UK, US
  • [ɡeːv] Canada
  • [ɡeːv]
  • [ɡɛːv]
  • /ɡɛv/ Ireland, also

Rhymes with -eɪv

Where it comes from

From Middle English gaf, yaf, ȝaf, from Old English ġæf, ġeaf.

verb

  1. past simple past of give I gaue thee Life, and rescu'd thee from Death.
  2. colloquial, nonstandard, participle, past past participle of give Well I suppose you will wonder what has happened to change my mind and if somebody has gave me a birthday present of $600.00 or something.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: did, showed, threw, undertook, wrote, took, went, ran, got, swore, drew, came, let, set, dropped, passed

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MLA

"gave." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gave. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gave. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gave

Chicago

"gave." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gave.

BibTeX
@misc{gave_2026,
  title = {gave},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gave},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}