Definition of "give out"

give out

verb
third-person singular simple present gives out, present participle giving out, simple past gave out, past participle given out
1. (transitive) To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
  Quotations
  The best news is that we have safely foundOur king and company: the next, our ship,—Which but three glasses since we gave out split,—Is tight and yare, and bravely rigg'd as whenWe first put out to sea.
  1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene i]
  So soon as I hear that such or such a man gives himself out for a philosopher, I conclude that, like the dyspeptic old woman, he must have “broken his digester.”
  1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter X, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley
  Simon is found in the book of Acts. The bible tells us that he gave out that he was some great one, that he was the great power of God. This is a characteristic of both the circumcision and the spirit of Antichrist.
  2010, Don Preece, Revelation Of The Antichrist: Who He Is And What He Does
  1. (transitive) To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing.
2. (transitive) To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.
  1. To put forth, utter (prayers).
3. (transitive) To issue; to distribute.
4. (intransitive) To cease functioning in some way.
  1. (intransitive, of persons) To desist.
  2. To desist through exhaustion of strength or patience.
  3. (of an implement, a limb, a machine, etc.) To break down, get out of order, fail.
  4. (of a supply) To run short, come to an end.
5. (intransitive, Ireland, UK, idiomatic) To complain, sulk, chastise.

Definition of "give out"

give out

verb

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