v. Obs. rare–1. [Back-formation from THANKSGIVING.] trans. To give thanks for.
a. 1638. Mede, Diatribe (1642), 55. Irenæus also affirmeth, That our Saviour, by the institution of the Eucharist had confirmed oblations in the New Testament. Namely, to thanksgive or blesse a thing in way to a sacred use, he took to be an offering of it unto God.
