What does gave mean?
Gave means simple past of give.
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/ɡeɪv/ · verb
simple past of give.
I gaue thee Life, and rescu'd thee from Death.
The superior degree of confidence towards Harriet, which this one article marked, gave her severe pain.
With the Oxford canal at the bottom of his garden, regular canoeing excursions gave him enormous pleasure.
Well I suppose you will wonder what has happened to change my mind and if somebody has gave me a birthday present of $600.00 or something.
Mr. Green. No; not to my recollection, Senator. I may have gave Frank Prince some for his wife, or something like that.
I'm talking about redundancies, he said, that's what I'm talking about. And yous better get bloody used to the idea. One of the men shrugged: Ach well, we knew it was coming. That's as maybe but they should've gave us notice. Formal.
Use gave when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gave means simple past of give.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I gaue thee Life, and rescu'd thee from Death.
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