"begift" meaning in English

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      "word": "begifter"
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        "2": "begiften",
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        "2": "begaben",
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      "expansion": "German begaben (“to endow”)",
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    },
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        "2": "begåva",
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        "4": "to endow, dower"
      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bigiften (“to entrust”), equivalent to be- + gift. Cognate with Dutch begiften (“to endow”), German begaben (“to endow”), Swedish begåva (“to endow, dower”).",
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    {
      "form": "begifts",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "begifting",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begifted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begifted",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "2005, Philip R. Sullivan, The World According To Homo Sapiens:",
          "text": "I suspect, for instance, that Bill Gates might not have wanted to begift such a program with the Microsoft name.",
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        "To entrust; endow."
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        "(transitive) To entrust; endow."
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        {
          "ref": "1838, Thomas Carlyle, The French revolution: a history:",
          "text": "They are harangued, bedinnered, begifted,[...]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1905, William Thomas Stead, The Review of reviews:",
          "text": "Mr. EH Cooper protests against the extravagant manner in which the children of the well-to-do are \"amused\" and begifted at Christmas: [...]",
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        {
          "ref": "1974, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:",
          "text": "If you are an occasional reader and would like to receive the magazine regularly — or if you are a subscriber and would like to begift a friend, colleague or relative — use the form below.",
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        "To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts."
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        "(transitive) To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To give as a gift."
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        "(transitive) To give as a gift."
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    {
      "word": "begifted"
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    {
      "word": "begifter"
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    {
      "word": "begifting"
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    {
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      "expansion": "German begaben (“to endow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "begåva",
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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bigiften (“to entrust”), equivalent to be- + gift. Cognate with Dutch begiften (“to endow”), German begaben (“to endow”), Swedish begåva (“to endow, dower”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "begifts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begifting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "begifted",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "begifted",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "begive"
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          "text": "I suspect, for instance, that Bill Gates might not have wanted to begift such a program with the Microsoft name.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To entrust; endow."
      ],
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          "endow",
          "endow"
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        "(transitive) To entrust; endow."
      ],
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          "text": "They are harangued, bedinnered, begifted,[...]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1905, William Thomas Stead, The Review of reviews:",
          "text": "Mr. EH Cooper protests against the extravagant manner in which the children of the well-to-do are \"amused\" and begifted at Christmas: [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:",
          "text": "If you are an occasional reader and would like to receive the magazine regularly — or if you are a subscriber and would like to begift a friend, colleague or relative — use the form below.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts."
      ],
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        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To give as a gift."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To give as a gift."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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