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verb

Share v. t. (past & past part. shared; pres. part. sharing)

To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide. "Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger."

To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another. "While avarice and rapine share the land."

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. (Obs.) "The shared visage hangs on equal sides."

Share v. i. To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others. "A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father."

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Etymology of 'Sharing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sharing" Quotes from Famous Books

... of purity and the calm of mutual trust, In the sharing of joy and the bearing of trouble, In the steady glow of love and the clear light of hope, God keep us every one, by ...

— The Spirit of Christmas • Henry Van Dyke

... made no reply. He was keeping stroke with Chutney's paddle, sharing with him the outlook ahead. The minutes passed on, but still no signs ...

— The River of Darkness - Under Africa • William Murray Graydon

... contented with these demonstrations of kindness; from this moment Androcles became his guest; nor did the lion ever sally forth in quest of prey without bringing home the produce of his chase and sharing it with his friend. In this savage state of hospitality did the man continue to live during the space of several months. At length, wandering unguardedly through the woods, he met with a company of ...

— Children's Literature - A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes • Charles Madison Curry

... no less kind, yet a trifle more constrained than if the moment of final understanding had been reached. So Darrow interpreted the tension perceptible under the fluent exchange of commonplaces in which he was diligently sharing. But he was more and more aware of his inability to test the moral atmosphere about him: he was like a man in fever testing another's temperature ...

— The Reef • Edith Wharton

... scoundrel. I found the book less interesting as a yarn than as an example of the astonishingly conscious and perfect artistry of this really great master of the ways of men and words. Mr. CONRAD never made me believe that the new captain would go so near sharing his mate's superstitious panic (which is perhaps because I know little of sailor-men save what he has taught me); and in the incident, so curiously and deliberately detailed, of his finding the quinine bottles filled ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, April 4, 1917 • Various

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