When did "gift" become a verb?
I just read a post on another forum in which someone wrote that he had "gifted" a handgun to his brother-in-law. It jumped out of the screen at me. I see it more and more these days, but it's not correct according to the (American) English I grew up with. "Gift" is a noun, and "gifted" is an adjective meaning "talented." The correct verb was "give."
What happened?