yive

Y4I1V4E1
[jɪv]

verb

To give.

OriginMiddle English yiven ← Old English ġiefan ← Proto-West Germanic *geban →
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Meanings

verbyive (third-person singular simple present yives, present participle yiving, simple past yave, past participle yiven)

present singular third person yives · participle present yiving · past yave · participle past yiven

  1. West CountrynonstandardobsoletetransitiveTo give.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰebʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*gebaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*geban
  4. Old Englishġiefan
  5. Middle Englishyiven
  6. Englishyive

Inherited from Middle English yiven, from Old English ġiefan, from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-. Doublet of give, from Old Norse.

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APA

yive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yive

MLA

“yive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yive.

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