GIFT, n. from give. A present any thing given or bestowed any thing, the property of which is voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation a donation. It is applicable to any thing movable or immovable.
1. The act of giving or conferring.
2. The right or power of giving or bestowing. The prince has the gift of many lucrative offices.
3. An offering or oblation.
If thou bring thy gift to the altar. Matthew 5
4. A reward.
Let thy gifts be to thyself. Daniel 5
5. A bribe any thing given to corrupt the judgment.
Neither take a gift for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise. Deuteronomy 16
6. Power faculty some quality or endowment conferred by the author of our nature as the gift of wit the gift of ridicule.
GIFT, To endow with any power or faculty.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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