"upgive" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: upgives [present, singular, third-person], upgiving [participle, present], upgave [past], upgiven [participle, past]
Etymology: up- + give. Cognate with German aufgeben (“to abandon, give up, quit”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰebʰ-}}, {{prefix|en|up|give}} up- + give, {{cog|de|aufgeben||to abandon, give up, quit}} German aufgeben (“to abandon, give up, quit”) Head templates: {{en-verb|upgives|upgiving|upgave|upgiven}} upgive (third-person singular simple present upgives, present participle upgiving, simple past upgave, past participle upgiven)
  1. (transitive, poetic, obsolete except in Scots law) To give up or yield up. Tags: poetic, transitive Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-upgive-en-verb-owxBIRuV

Inflected forms

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