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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
I use the expression gifted. According to my dictionary, it is acceptable to use gift as either a noun or verb. To say you gifted something is shorter than to say that you gave something as a gift. It's meant to emphasize that you gave something as a gift and didn't expect anything in exchange for your act of giving. I can't say when or where I learned (or learnt) the expression. I think it's something I've picked up more recently.
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Thanks for that info.
I checked my Macquarie (Australian) dictionary and it also says gift can be a verb, however it seems to be used here in a more formal sense as in gifting something to a museum. I can't recall ever having heard it in conversation. If we say we gave something to somebody it is understood that nothing would be expected in exchange. Gotta love the English language.