give over
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.56 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Diocletian, the emperor, was so much affected with it that he gave over his sceptre and turned gardener."
- "As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over [the fight] to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once."
- "Until 1961 the line was electrified only as far as Rickmansworth, where steam locomotives were attached or detached in place of electric ones. In the same year the stations north of Amersham were given over to British Rail."
- "She gave the deeds over to the solicitor."
- "The factory has been entirely given over to aircraft manufacture."
- "He gave himself over to a monastic life."
Usage
- Archaic
- Transitive verb
- British usage
- Intransitive verb