v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Donated; p. pr. & vb. n. Donating. ] [ L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date. ] To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. donatio; cf. F. donation. ] 1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. [ 1913 Webster ]
After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift. [ 1913 Webster ]
And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]
Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [ U.S. ] Bartlett.
n. [ LL. Donatista: cf. F. Donatiste. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. donativum, fr. donare: cf. F. donatif. See Donate. ] 1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. “The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Eccl. Law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
(v) give to a charity or good cause, Example: I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake; donate money to the orphanage; She donates to her favorite charity every month
(n) a schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century; held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments
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