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Definition of Give in
1. Verb. Yield to another's wish or opinion. "The government bowed to the military pressure"
Generic synonyms: Buckle Under, Knuckle Under, Succumb, Yield
Derivative terms: Deference, Deferent, Submission, Submission, Submissive, Submitter
2. Verb. Consent reluctantly.
Generic synonyms: Accept, Consent, Go For
Specialized synonyms: Accede, Bow, Defer, Submit
Derivative terms: Yielding
Definition of Give in
1. Verb. to collapse or fall ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) to relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat ¹
3. Verb. (context: of a pugilist) to droop the head ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Give In
Literary usage of Give in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"October, ч. 39. So also he writes the verb to giust. \To GIVE. In the sense of
to misgive. ... To give in, to yield. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"No one can give, in his own name, that which he does not possess; but a bank
cashier, not possessing 2000 dollars in his own name, could write a draft worth ..."
3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"... and the curves which we give in the accompanying engraving indicate by analogy
how very small the amount of stability must in this case be with so ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1882)
"... about this land which is so generously gifted by nature and so full of memorials
of the past, and this is believed to be the first attempt to give in ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Tu give in. To go back ; to give way. To give in to, To adopt ; to embrace.
To cire oier. To cease ; to forbear ; to act no more. To give nut. ..."
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