(transitive) To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report. / (transitive) To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, me. / An expression of strong preference or approbation for a named thing.

(idiomatic) To honor; to pay respect.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, notice. / (idiomatic) To announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving.

present participle of give birth

The action of the verb to give birth.

To sing. / To give tongue; to bark. / (with to) To voice; to express an opinion or a feeling.

(transitive, now rare) To give up, hand over, surrender (something). / (transitive) To entrust (something) to another.

To order a gun to be fired; sometimes construed with dative (or to), implying that it is done as an honor, as a help (occasionally as a hostile demonstration).

To be the origin of; to produce; to result in.