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Upgive vs Ungive - What's the difference?

upgive | ungive |

As verbs the difference between upgive and ungive

is that upgive is (transitive|obsolete|poetic|scottish law) to give up or yield up while ungive is (ambitransitive) to yield; relax; slacken; give way; loosen.

upgive

English

Verb

  • (transitive, obsolete, poetic, Scottish law) To give up or yield up.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1811, author=Robert Bell, title=A System of the Forms of Deeds Used in Scotland citation
    • , passage=
  • *{{quote-book, year=1849, author=, title=Liberty's Triumph: A Poem citation
    • , passage=Then, too, are Jersey's sons all resolute, / Repairing to the camp in numbers great, / Their sufferings to avenge upon the foe, / Which all must cease should Jersey be upgiven .}}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1906, author=, title=The Dawn in Britain citation
    • , passage=There fell a sudden rain then, from the gods: / Which glisters, in the sun, like golden hairs; / And earth upgave sweet savour of her sod, / Mingled with iron stink of sweat and blood.}}

    Anagrams

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    ungive

    English

    Verb

  • (ambitransitive) To yield; relax; slacken; give way; loosen.
  • To melt; thaw.
  • To take back.
  • *1994 , William Diehl, Primal Fear :
    • "Impossible," Vail said. "She's going to work at one of the prestige films at the end of this month. She's already given notice!" "Well apparently she ungave it. [...]"
    (Webster 1913)