give over

verb gives over · giving over · gave over · given over

1. archaic, transitive To give up, hand over, surrender (something). Diocletian, the emperor, was so much affected with it that he gave over his sceptre and turned gardener.
2. transitive To entrust (something) to another. She gave the deeds over to the solicitor.
3. transitive To devote or resign to a particular purpose or activity; to yield completely. The factory has been entirely given over to aircraft manufacture.
4. transitive To quit, to abandon. If the bodies continued missing until Sunday, all hope would be given over, and the funerals would be preached on that morning.
5. Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive To give up; abandon; stop. Give over with your nonsense, will you!