Way, n.
 1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.  “To find the way to heaven.”
    I shall him seek by way and eke by street.   --Chaucer.
    The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.   --Milton.
    The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance.   --Evelyn.
 2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
 And whenever the way seemed long,
 Or his heart began to fail.   --Longfellow.
 3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
    I prythee, now, lead the way.   --Shak.
 4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
    If that way be your walk, you have not far.   --Milton.
    And let eternal justice take the way.   --Dryden.
 5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
    My best way is to creep under his gaberdine.   --Shak.
    By noble ways we conquest will prepare.   --Dryden.
    What impious ways my wishes took!   --Prior.
 6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
 7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.  “Having lost the way of nobleness.”
    Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.   --Prov. iii. 17.
    When men lived in a grander way.   --Longfellow.
 8. Sphere or scope of observation.
    The public ministers that fell in my way.   --Sir W. Temple.
 9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
 10. Naut. (a) Progress; as, a ship has way.  (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
 11. pl. Mach. The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
 12. Law Right of way.  See below.
 By the way, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.
 By way of, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.
 Covert way. Fort. See Covered way, under Covered.
 In the family way. See under Family.
 In the way, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc.
 In the way with, traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of.
 Milky way. Astron. See Galaxy, 1.
 No way, No ways. See Noway, Noways, in the Vocabulary.
 On the way, traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this country; on the way to success.
 Out of the way. See under Out.
 Right of way Law, a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.
 To be under way, or To have way Naut., to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move.
 To give way. See under Give.
 To go one's way, or To come one's way, to go or come; to depart or come along. --Shak.
 To go one's way to proceed in a manner favorable to one; -- of events.
 To come one's way to come into one's possession (of objects) or to become available, as an opportunity; as, good things will come your way.
 To go the way of all the earth or to go the way of all flesh to die.
 To make one's way, to advance in life by one's personal efforts.
 To make way. See under Make, v. t.
 Ways and means. (a) Methods; resources; facilities. (b) Legislation Means for raising money; resources for revenue.
 Way leave, permission to cross, or a right of way across, land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]
 Way of the cross Eccl., the course taken in visiting in rotation the stations of the cross.  See Station, n., 7 (c).
 Way of the rounds Fort., a space left for the passage of the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified town.
 Way pane, a pane for cartage in irrigated land.  See Pane, n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]
 Way passenger, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some intermediate place between the principal stations on a line of travel.
 Ways of God, his providential government, or his works.
 Way station, an intermediate station between principal stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
 Way train, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way, stations; an accommodation train.
 Way warden, the surveyor of a road.
 Syn: -- Street; highway; road.
 Usage: -- Way, Street, Highway, Road. Way is generic, denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically, a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and, hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or highways in compact settlements.
 All keep the broad highway, and take delight
 With many rather for to go astray.   --Spenser.
    There is but one road by which to climb up.   --Addison.
 When night
 Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons
 Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.   --Milton.


 Give v. t. [imp. Gave p. p. Given p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.]
 1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
    For generous lords had rather give than pay.   --Young.
 2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.
    What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?   --Matt. xvi. 26.
 3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.
 4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.
 5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
    It is given me once again to behold my friend.   --Rowe.
    Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.   --Pope.
 6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
 7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.
 8. Logic & Math. To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given.
 9. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
    I give not heaven for lost.   --Mlton.
 10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
    I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover.   --Sheridan.
 11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
 12. To pledge; as, to give one's word.
 13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.
 But there the duke was given to understand
 That in a gondola were seen together
 Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica.   --Shak.
 14. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.
 To give away, to make over to another; to transfer.
    Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves.   --Atterbury.
 -- To give back, to return; to restore. --Atterbury.
 To give the bag, to cheat. [Obs.]
    I fear our ears have given us the bag.   --J. Webster.
 -- To give birth to. (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea.
 To give chase, to pursue.
 To give ear to. See under Ear.
 To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. --Hayward.
 To give ground. See under Ground, n.
 To give the hand, to pledge friendship or faith.
 To give the hand of, to espouse; to bestow in marriage.
 To give the head. See under Head, n.
 To give in. (a) To abate; to deduct. (b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender; as, to give in one's adhesion to a party.
 To give the lie to (a person), to tell (him) that he lies.
 To give line. See under Line.
 To give off, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc.
 To give one's self away, to make an inconsiderate surrender of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's purposes, or the like. [Colloq.]
 To give out. (a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare.
    One that gives out himself Prince Florizel.   --Shak.
    Give out you are of Epidamnum.   --Shak.
 (b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance gives out steam or odors.
 To give over. (a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon. (b) To despair of. (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self).
    The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice.    --Grew.
 -- To give place, to withdraw; to yield one's claim.
 To give points. (a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap. (b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.]
 To give rein. See under Rein, n.
 To give the sack. Same as To give the bag.
 To give and take. (a) To average gains and losses. (b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc.
 To give time (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. --Abbott.
 To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as “good morning.” “good evening”, etc.
 To give tongue, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of dogs.
 To give up. (a) To abandon; to surrender. “Don't give up the ship.”
 He has . . . given up
 For certain drops of salt, your city Rome.   --Shak.
 (b) To make public; to reveal.
 I'll not state them
 By giving up their characters.   --Beau. & Fl.
 (c) (Used also reflexively.)
 To give up the ghost. See under Ghost.
 To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self.
 To give way. (a) To withdraw; to give place. (b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding gave way. (c) Naut. To begin to row; or to row with increased energy. (d) Stock Exchange. To depreciate or decline in value; as, railroad securities gave way two per cent.
 To give way together, to row in time; to keep stroke.
 Syn: -- To Give, Confer, Grant.
 Usage: To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest. To confer was originally used of persons in power, who gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the giving of something which might have been withheld; as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way dependent or inferior.