Gift
Gift , noun
[Old English gift, yift, yeft, Anglo-Saxon gift, from gifan to give; akin to Dutch & German gift, Icelandic gift, gipt, Gothic gifts (in comp.). See Give, transitive verb]
1.
Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
Shall I receive by gift, what of my own,...
I can command?
2.
The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.
3.
A bribe; anything given to corrupt.
Neither take a gift, for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise.
4.
Some exceptional inborn quality or characteristic; a striking or special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.
5.
(Law) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession. — Bouvier
Collocations (1)
Gift rope (Naut) , a rope extended to a boat for towing it; a guest rope.
Gift , transitive verb
To endow with some power or faculty. See gift{4}.
He was gifted... with philosophical sagacity.