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give (v.) Old form(s): giue
display, show, bear arms of
1H6 I.v.29[Talbot to the English, of the English coat-of-arms] give sheep in lions' stead [i.e. show cowardly sheep instead of brave lions]
MW I.i.15[Slender to Evans, of Shallow's ancestors] They may give the dozen white luces in their coat
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