Pennyaline > wrote:

> If you go further into your dictionary, you will see that GIFT is only a
> verb when used to describe endowment with a talent or quality, as in a
> "gifted child."...My first language is indeed English, and I am an English
> major to boot.

English has moved since your teachers learned their grammar and
vocabulary. You are probably also fuming about "mother", "dad", etc.,
being used as verbs. As in "don't mother me", or "How to dad?" (the
second one is the title of a book).