Donner
Ils lui en ont donné tout du long de l’aune = They beat him black and blue.
Je vous le donne en dix = I bet you ten to one you will not guess it.
*Qui donne tôt donne deux fois = He gives twice who gives in a trice.
[“Bis dat qui celeriter dat.”—Publius Syrus. Cito, which is now used instead of celeriter, appears to be a later alteration.]
Le régiment a donné = The regiment has engaged.
On ne lui donnerait pas quarante ans = You would not take him for forty.
On t’en donnera des tabliers propres pour les salir = You ask too much.
J’ai passé quinze jours à Paris et je m’en suis donné = I spent a fortnight in Paris, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.