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/dˈoʊnˌeɪt/ Listen

Donate

verb

(past & past part. donated; pres. part. donating)

Give to a charity or good cause. "Donate money to the orphanage" , "She donates to her favorite charity every month"

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"Donate" Quotes from Famous Books

... effectually practiced by the Divine Master to dissipate wrong. He forbids the cry of peace when there is no peace. He was aggressive and distinct. The peculiarity of accord can be accounted for in this, that it is so much easier for the well-to-do Christian to donate to the Negro than by word or pen to denounce the wrongs to which he is subject. Wrong smiles complacently at any mode save direct attack. It is not in silent acquiescence, but on the forum of agitation and denouncement, that reform finds lodgment, so sadly needed in many ...

— Shadow and Light - An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century • Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

... Kearny to Leavenworth street, was made, and by September 1st the road was in operation. It was a wonderful exhibition, and half the town was there to witness it. Many were in doubt as to the success of the enterprise. The company required the property holders on the hill to subscribe and donate towards the expense, which they did. The writer owning some property there at that time, gave $100.00 to further the enterprise. This was in 1872. An interested Chinese watched the moving cars and remarked: "No pushee, ...

— California 1849-1913 - or the Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four - Years' Residence in that State. • L. H. Woolley

... You will have to negotiate with Thomas to get your gifts carted home. Their baskets will hold only a tithe of what you have to donate." ...

— Medoline Selwyn's Work • Mrs. J. J. Colter

Words linked to "Donate" : present, subscribe, pledge, donation, give, gift