I would like to see the demise of "gift" as a verb. A present is given, not gifted. "He gifted me this bottle of whisky."

Dnarever wrote on May 17^th, 2021 at 8:12pm:


A gifted girl gifted herself to me, and when I was done I gifted her to my mate who got slops.

AiA wrote on May 17^th, 2021 at 8:09pm:



Transitive verb that has been in use since the mid 16th century...

You can give all sorts of things, including a gift, a loan, advice, food, drink, book, way,  etc.

Some of these work as verbs - i gift, loan, advise, feed  you - some dont - I drink, way you.



Here's my invitation to reflection and play:

Look, see, watch, observe, perceive, view.

You can see or watch or view a movie but you don't look or observe it. You can look at it, though, which doesnt mean you'll watch it. You can have a look but you don't  have a see. You look at or view pictures but not watch them (unless you are a guard).  But you dont guard movies while you are watching them.  Look at me, what do you see? Don't you see me, what are you looking at. View me when I am talking to you.
Watch out, look out, see out. View out?
Look through, see through - watch through?
Seem, looked, watched, perceived, observed. The suspect was observed leaving... the suspect was seen leaving... the suspect looked (like) leaving?
A seer is not a looker or watcher.  Nor a viewer. You can view or observe but not perceive, just as you can look but not see.  You can observe and may or may not perceive. 
Viewer discression, not watcher discression or seer discression.

Play of words that can be both transitive and intransitive verbs, nouns, adjectives.