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[ noun ] something acquired without compensation
Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)One is the primary purpose for which marriage exists , namely , the continuance of the race through the gift and heritage of children ; the other is the paramount importance in married life of deliberate and thoughtful self-control '' . (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)This included Mamma , jolly , generous , and pretty , with whom they all fell_in_love , just as Papa had first fallen_in_love with her Mamma before he chose her ; and when a young_man like Morris_Jastrow had enjoyed the Szold hospitality , he felt obliged to send his respects and his gifts not merely to Henrietta , in whom he was really interested , but to all the Szold girls and Mamma . (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)Gun set the captain 's fifth of Hiram_Walker inside the safe before he reported to Lt._Killpath , though he knew that Killpath 's ulcer prevented him from making any untoward incursion on Herman_Wolff 's gift . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)Even when he is on_the_way to Memphis you will still have the promise resting inside you like a gift , and it is he inside of you . |
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[ noun ] natural qualities or talents
Synonyms Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)Can we continue to alienate precisely those whose gifts we so desperately need and apart from whose co-operation our mission in the world must become increasingly precarious ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of giving
Synonyms Used in print ("Editorials"...)Since he has just shown who is top_dog , he may not be ready to receive this highest honor in the gift of the Soviet people . (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)If death receives more_than its share of attention from the theologian and if sin receives less_than its share , the gift of the life_eternal through Christ begins to look_like the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal , i.e. , created , existence . Related terms sharing contribution charity bestowal oblation endowment accordance give feed |
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[ verb ] give qualities or abilities to
Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)If his scholarship and formal musicianship were not all they might have been , Mercer demonstrated at an early age that he was gifted with a remarkable ear for rhythm and dialect . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 14622
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