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/gˈɪvən/ /gˈɪvɪn/ Listen

verb

Given v. P. p. & a. from Give, v.

(Math. & Logic) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.

Disposed; inclined; used with an adv.; as, virtuously given.

Stated; fixed; as, in a given time.

Given name, the Christian name, or name given by one's parents or guardians, as distinguished from the surname, which is inherited. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Given'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Given" Quotes from Famous Books

... Matilda, sighing. "You don't do the things promised in the covenant. I didn't know but you had given ...

— Opportunities • Susan Warner

... in the rolling vehicle I began to weep bitterly. I had by this time a misgiving that, in the same degree in which gold in this world prevails over merit and virtue, by so much one's shadow excels gold; and now that I had sacrificed my conscience for riches, and given my shadow in exchange for mere gold, what on earth would become ...

— Peter Schlemihl etc. • Chamisso et. al.

... considered that he "didn't kill a pig every day," when he stuck Le Petit Duc for this now historic bill, which, as given in full by the Figaro, Mr. Punch reproduces ...

— Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890. • Various

... have also given the story of "Barney Henvey" mentioned above. There is something like it in the "Ingoldsby Legends," and, no doubt, in the fairy mythologies of other nations, but my story is of Irish origin. Heaven only knows through how many ages it has been handed down to ...

— The Life Story of an Old Rebel • John Denvir

... London concerning Tilsit had precipitated. The ultimate aim of the treaty was to be indefinitely concealed. Another dangerous element in the affairs of Erfurt was that contained in the additional provocation given to Prussia and Austria. It is generally believed that Napoleon urged Alexander to send troops and occupy not only Warsaw, but parts of both Austria and Prussia. This would embroil him with his neighbors, and make ...

— The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte - Vol. III. (of IV.) • William Milligan Sloane

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