Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GIVE, v.i. [giv.]

1. To yield to pressure. The earth gives under the feet.
2. To begin to melt; to thaw; to grow soft, so as to yield to pressure. Bacon.
3. To move; to recede. Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. Daniel's Civil War. To give in, to go back; to give way. [Not in use.] To give in to, to yield assent; to adopt. This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases. Pope. To give off, to cease; to forbear. [Little used.] Locke. To give on, to rush; to fall on. [Not in use.] To give out, to publish; to proclaim. #2. To cease from exertion; to yield; applied to persons. He labored hard, but gave out at last. To give over, to cease; to act no more; to desert. It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after fame. Addison.