Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GIFT
GIFT, n. [from give.]
- A present; any thing given or bestowed; any thing, the property of which is voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a donation. It is applicable to any thing movable or immovable.
- The act of giving or conferring. Milton.
- The right or power of giving or bestowing. The prince has the gift of many lucrative offices.
- An offering or oblation. If thou bring thy gift to the altar. Matth. v.
- A reward. Let thy gifts be to thyself. Dan. v.
- A bribe; any thing given to corrupt the judgment. Neither take a gift, for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise. Deut. xvi.
- Power; faculty; some quality or endowment conferred by the author of our nature; as, the gift of wit; the gift of ridicule. Addison.
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