'Giving out' definitions:

Definition of 'Giving out'

From: GCIDE
  • Giving \Giv"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the first giving of the weather." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse.
  • Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving. [1913 Webster]
  • His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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