The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hand \Hand\ (h[a^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handed; p. pr. & vb. n. Handing.]
To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.]
--Prior.To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.]
--Shak.To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]
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(Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail.
--Totten.To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor; as, fables are handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court); as, the Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision.
To hand over, to yield control of; to surrender; to deliver up.
Usage examples of "to hand over".
If they try to revoke it, they'll end up with a Concordiat naval cruiser in orbit, on-loading the three of us and Sonny, while Gifre Zeloc signs a repayment check bigger than they can afford to hand over.
Rastar said in his horrible Imperial, and stepped inside to hand over the folded message as the door finished opening.
He'll want to hand over Taynar and me for questioning, and you because of your link to Taynar.
It was very understandable that Perry Rhodan was loath to hand over such an important advantage without a struggle.
Although I have grown quite fond of Arden and all of you during this time, I must confess it will be something of a relief to hand over my duties and responsibilities a few months hence.
You keep trying to hand over to your new love some of my half of what you and I accumulated together.
If what Rathenn said was true, it obviously would not be a good idea to hand over the rift to the Shadows.
When news of the worst atrocities leaked to the outside world, Leopold was forced to hand over `his' land to the Belgian government, who took it upon themselves to do virtually nothing about it.
Gulfardo then withdrew, leaving the flouted lady to hand over her ill-gotten gains to her husband.
She smiled and thanked me, promising to hand over the glad tidings to the unfortunate Swede.