What is "gives over"

Usage examples of "gives over".

And it is to me observable, that at a fixed age this caterpillar gives over to eat, and towards winter comes to be covered over with a strange shell or crust, called an aurelia.

There can be no free trade until Chalced gives over its harassment of the ships in and out of Bingtown.

Put by this spectacle in a reasonably good mood, Eric said playfully but cautiously, 'One day we'll jot down the numbers the fake announcer gives over the fake radio, decode them with the Orphan Annie decoder badge, and—.

Now this human king gives over all our honors to his human toadies!