SuaviloquyToday’s word

give up

Webster’s 1913 has no entry under this spelling.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for give up; he lists it under abandon, surrender.

Where he writes about it:

We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. — from abandon
To surrender is to give up upon compulsion, as to an enemy in war, hence to give up to any person, passion, influence, or power. — from surrender