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- verb transitive. to
utter , publish; to announce, proclaim, report. to give (it) out: to profess, give it to be believed that. also, to give (a person) out to be (so and so) - verb to announce (a
hymn ) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing - verb to send forth,
emit ; to cause to be sent forth. also, to put forth, utter (prayers) - verb to issue; to
distribute - verb intransitive of persons: to desist (in later use, to desist through exhaustion of strength or patience). of an implement, a limb, a machine, etc.: to break down, get out of order, fail. of a supply: to run short, come to an end
- verb Ireland, idiomatic . To
complain ,sulk ,chastise .
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- verb give to several people
- verb prove insufficient
- verb stop operating or functioning
- verb give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
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oroboros commented on the word give out
Contronymic in the sense: distribute vs. run out of.
January 31, 2007