Caregive

Quick meaning: Caregive is a verb meaning (rare, intransitive) To provide care, especially in the role as a caregiver.

Meaning

(rare, intransitive) To provide care, especially in the role as a caregiver.

Example Sentences

Encouraging men to caregive in their own way is a win-win for all.

This is what she wanted to share with other readers about that: I realized how many times it interfered with the way I caregave at certain times. I ended up resenting my task at hand.

Using data from the Survey of Ageing and Independence conducted in 1991, McDonald (1996) found that retiring to caregive decreased the age of retirement for women by almost six years. The costs of retiring to caregive may be high.

If you have decided to caregive, ask yourself these tough questions: “Why did I choose to caregive? Out of obligation? Promise? Because I am the only child without kids to take care of? Or is it because caregiving is what I want to do?

Word Forms

• caregives
• caregiving
• caregave
• caregiven

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include caretake, care, becare, nurse, treat, coddle.

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