I'm with Chris here. If the verb "to gift" is here to stay then it is no doubt because it can do things that "to give" can't. If two words are identical in meaning, one will fall out of use.
That it can take some getting used to is something else. And for most of us the older we get the less inclined we are to appreciate the introduction of new words which we didn't know we needed. Words reassure us with their relative permanence, and when we find they have been adapted it feels like a betrayal.
Duncan
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