'To give place' definitions:

Definition of 'To give place'

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  • Place \Place\ (pl[=a]s), n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[.r]thu, Lith. platus. Cf. Flawn, Piazza, Plate, Plaza.]
  • 1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. [1913 Webster]
  • Here is the place appointed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • What place can be for us Within heaven's bound? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. "Hangman boys in the market place." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. [1913 Webster]
  • Are you native of this place? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. "The enervating magic of place." --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • Men in great place are thrice servants. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • I know my place as I would they should do theirs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). "In place of Lord Bassanio." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A definite position or passage of a document. [1913 Webster]
  • The place of the scripture which he read was this. --Acts viii. 32. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. [1913 Webster]
  • My word hath no place in you. --John viii. 37. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. (Racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England, usually, first, second, or third. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Place of arms (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --Wilhelm.
  • High place (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered. "Him that offereth in the high place." --Jer. xlviii. 35.
  • In place, in proper position; timely.
  • Out of place, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were out of place.
  • Place kick (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground.
  • Place name, the name of a place or locality. --London Academy.
  • To give place, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. "Neither give place to the devil." --Eph. iv.
  • 27. "Let all the rest give place." --Shak.
  • To have place, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desires can have no place in a good heart.
  • To take place. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. --Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. "If your doctrine takes place." --Berkeley. "But none of these excuses would take place." --Spenser.
  • To take the place of, to be substituted for. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location; site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust; ground; room; stead. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'To give place'

From: GCIDE
  • Give \Give\ (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. Gave (g[=a]v); p. p. Given (g[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf. Gift, n.]
  • 1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. [1913 Webster]
  • For generous lords had rather give than pay. --Young. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy. [1913 Webster]
  • What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? --Matt. xvi. 26. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission. [1913 Webster]
  • It is given me once again to behold my friend. --Rowe. [1913 Webster]
  • Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Logic & Math.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To allow or admit by way of supposition. [1913 Webster]
  • I give not heaven for lost. --Mlton. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. [1913 Webster]
  • I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover. --Sheridan. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. To pledge; as, to give one's word. [1913 Webster]
  • 13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • But there the duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 14. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • To give away, to make over to another; to transfer. [1913 Webster]
  • Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves. --Atterbury.
  • To give back, to return; to restore. --Atterbury.
  • To give the bag, to cheat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • I fear our ears have given us the bag. --J. Webster.
  • To give birth to. (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea.
  • To give chase, to pursue.
  • To give ear to. See under Ear.
  • To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. --Hayward.
  • To give ground. See under Ground, n.
  • To give the hand, to pledge friendship or faith.
  • To give the hand of, to espouse; to bestow in marriage.
  • To give the head. See under Head, n.
  • To give in. (a) To abate; to deduct. (b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender; as, to give in one's adhesion to a party.
  • To give the lie to (a person), to tell (him) that he lies.
  • To give line. See under Line.
  • To give off, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc.
  • To give one's self away, to make an inconsiderate surrender of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's purposes, or the like. [Colloq.]
  • To give out. (a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare. [1913 Webster]
  • One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Give out you are of Epidamnum. --Shak. (b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance gives out steam or odors.
  • To give over. (a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon. (b) To despair of. (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self). [1913 Webster]
  • The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice. --Grew.
  • To give place, to withdraw; to yield one's claim.
  • To give points. (a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap. (b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.]
  • To give rein. See under Rein, n.
  • To give the sack. Same as To give the bag.
  • To give and take. (a) To average gains and losses. (b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc.
  • To give time (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. --Abbott.
  • To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as "good morning." "good evening", etc.
  • To give tongue, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of dogs.
  • To give up. (a) To abandon; to surrender. "Don't give up the ship." [1913 Webster]
  • He has . . . given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome. --Shak. (b) To make public; to reveal. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll not state them By giving up their characters. --Beau. & Fl. (c) (Used also reflexively.)
  • To give up the ghost. See under Ghost.
  • To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self.
  • To give way. (a) To withdraw; to give place. (b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding gave way. (c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased energy. (d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value; as, railroad securities gave way two per cent.
  • To give way together, to row in time; to keep stroke.
  • Syn: To Give, Confer, Grant.
  • Usage: To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest. To confer was originally used of persons in power, who gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the giving of something which might have been withheld; as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way dependent or inferior. [1913 Webster]