gifting

verb

present participle of gift
as in blessing
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't

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Recent Examples of gifting People share strong reactions to the reality star gifting his teen an expensive set of wheels. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Nov. 2026 The assortment taps into the growing appetite for elevated casual wear and standout holiday dressing, while offering a fresh take on gifting, Lucky Brand stated. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026 Olivia Rodrigo fans are getting an early Christmas present this year, with the pop star gifting them her first-ever holiday song in just a few days. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026 This holiday season, consider gifting a luxe candle like the Salt & Stone Santal & Vetiver Candle, which features top notes of sandalwood and amber, middle notes of orris, ambrox, and cedar, and base notes of violet leaves, vetiver, and crystal. — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 2 Nov. 2026 Bank of America also recommends gifting themes that make inexpensive gifts feel fun and inspired. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2026 The fragrance is lovely, but the glass vessel—black with just a pop of green—is what really makes this gifting appropriate. — Kara McGrath, Allure, 29 Oct. 2026 So save yourself the present-finding stress and shop the best of Brilliant Earth’s gifting selection below. — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2026 The holidays have arrived early at Bottega Veneta, courtesy of a new capsule collection dedicated to the art of gifting. — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gifting
  1. blessing
  2. endowing
  3. equipping
Verb
  • Big up to the D’Angelo family as well for blessing me with the opportunity to be able to have his first step out since his transition.
    — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Our Father-Mother God, divine Love, is infinite, filling all space – blessing all Her children.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of blessing
Verb
  • Much of the series is set in claustrophobic corridors, backrooms and basements, endowing it with the sense of a labyrinth that its anti-terror agents have to navigate.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
  • An essential state role, parallel to provisioning basic services like education and healthcare, is endowing a wide open aesthetic field of form and meaning and collective sensibility.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of endowing
Verb
  • The company now performs in a basement and is equipping an additional bomb shelter.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Its modular design is intended to support installation in field environments, potentially simplifying the process of equipping vehicles with robotic capabilities.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of equipping

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“Gifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gifting. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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