Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To entrust; endow.

  2. (transitive)To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts.

  3. (transitive)To give as a gift.

Origin

From Middle English bigiften (“to entrust”), equivalent to be- + gift. Cognate with Dutch

From Middle English bigiften (“to entrust”), equivalent to be- + gift. Cognate with Dutch begiften (“to endow”), German begiften (“to endow”), Swedish begåva (“to endow, dower”).

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Forms

begifts, begifting, begifted, begifted
Base formbegift · to begift
3rd person singularbegifts
Present participlebegifting
Past simplebegifted
Past participlebegifted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybegift
he, she, itbegifts

Past simpleLesson

all personsbegifted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave begifted
he, she, ithas begifted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill begift

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbegive
Derivedbegifting

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
begA2begetbeggarbeginA1beginnerA2beginningA2
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