1. Something acquired without compensation
   "The scholarship was an unexpected gift that allowed her to attend college"
    
2. A natural ability or quality
   "His natural gift for music was apparent to all who heard him play";
   - endowment, talent, natural endowment
    
3. The act of giving
   "Her gift of the painting surprised everyone";
   - giving

1. Give as a present; make a gift of
   "She gifted her grandson a new bicycle";
   - give, present
    
2. Give qualities or abilities to
   "The experience gifted her with newfound confidence";
   - endow, indue, empower, invest, endue [archaic]

Derived forms: gifts, gifting, gifted

Type of: acquisition, act, enable, move, natural ability, share-out [Brit], sharing

Encyclopedia: Gift, Supernatural