donate

(dō'nāt', dō-nāt')

v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.

v.tr.

1. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute.
2. Medicine. To provide (blood, tissue, or an organ) for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.
3. Chemistry. To provide (an electron or atom, for example) for combination with an acceptor.

v.intr.
To make a contribution to a fund or cause.

[Back-formation from DONATION.]

donator do'na·tor n.

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meaning 'to give (money etc.) voluntarily', is a back-formation from donation and spread rapidly from American to British usage:

She could donate certain organs to assist in research or spare-part surgery—Barbara Pym, 1977

Some [parks] were royal hunting grounds before they were donated by monarchs—Sunday Times, 2003.

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verb

1. To present as a gift to a charity or cause: bestow, contribute, give, hand out. See give/take/reciprocity.
2. To give in common with others: chip in, contribute, subscribe. Informal kick in. Slang come across. See give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: make a gift of
Antonyms: keep, renege

IN BRIEF: To give, in particular to a cause.

She set aside a bag of toys to donate to orphanage.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - donere, tildele

Nederlands (Dutch)
schenken, doneren

Français (French)
v. tr. - faire don de

Deutsch (German)
v. - spenden, stiften

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - δωρίζω, προβαίνω σε δωρεά

Italiano (Italian)
donare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - doar

Русский (Russian)
делать пожертвование

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - donar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - donera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
捐献, 捐赠

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 捐獻, 捐贈

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 기부하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 寄付する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتبرع, يهب, يمنح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נידב, תרם‬

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