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Dec 16, 2016 · NPR explores the not exactly new but increasingly common use of the word "gift" as a verb. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's the season of cozy sweaters, festive gladness, winter cliches and...
Dec 12, 2014 · There is a very good reason for the word "gifting," as a synonym for "giving," to exist: It is wonderfully, and usefully, specific. You can give, after all, a lot of things—your money,...
Dec 16, 2016 · So gift has been around as a verb for a long time, but there is something about it that seems new. Why does it feel new?
So gift has been around as a verb for a long time, but there is something about it that seems new. Why does it feel new? And that might be a change in the types of people that are using it or...
OED's earliest evidence for gift is from before 1600, in Wife in Morel's Skin. It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500). gift is formed within English, by conversion.
Dec 16, 2016 · NPR explores the not exactly new but increasingly common use of the word "gift" as a verb.
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The earliest known use of the noun gift is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for gift is from around 1175, in Lambeth Homilies.
