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 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 lawsuit is a potential disruption for Aerie considering the peak holiday selling season is nearing and sleepwear is a popular gifting category, although the retailer does sell a range of sleepwear besides Overslept. — David Moin, Footwear News, 28 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 Enter Rails, the West Coast-chic clothing brand that makes gifting the fashion-forward loved one a little easier. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 Oct. 2026 In general, bringing sweets and desserts is pretty safe gifting territory for parties around the holiday season. — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026 The company said the seasonal collection is intended for holiday entertaining, gifting and everyday snacking. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 Penalties hurt Miami could not get out of its own way early on, gifting Florida State several penalties. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 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
  • 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
  • Costs would cover the design, construction, furnishing and equipping of the facility.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of equipping

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“Gifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gifting. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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