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give verb Past tense and past participle of give.

1794 Big Pigeon Church Minutes 14 Jesse Isbell has give his letter to the Church that he receivd it from and the church has considered the matter respecting of him and has brought it to excummunication and now he has mov.d to Caintuck. Ibid. 18 The Breathren John Mathes and Frances McKelhaney made thear report to the Church that they did apply to David Melson.s formelley and giv them word to attend this Meeting but they failing to apear the Matter prospond til meeting in Corse. 1832 McLean Diary 10 [I] Went to Cort Lifted Stouts Note and give my one. 1864 Sexton CW Letters (March 18) i got your kind letter this mor[n]ing which giv me grate Satisfaction to her from all of you. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 284 In many cases a weak preterite supplants the proper strong one: div, driv, fit, gi'n or give, rid, riv, riz, writ. 1939 Hall Coll (Deep Creek NC) I went on out and give him [=the bear] a couple of more shots, and that finished him. 1953 Atwood Verbs East US 15 [South of New York] give is used by something like from two thirds (Pa.) to over nine tenths (Va. and N.C.) of Type I [i.e. older speakers having little formal education]. In Type II [i.e. youngerer speakers having more formal education] the frequency is considerably less, varying from about one fourth (Pa.) to about two fifths (W.Va.) 1978 Reese Speech NE Tenn 175 give (as past tense) = attested by 6/12 (50%) speakers. 1984 GSMNP-153:24 The park had give daddy twenty-four hundred dollars for what he had sold on Little Catalooch. 2008 Rosie Hicks 3 It was too many for us, and I give them some.