transitive verb
1. obsolete : to put an end to : quit
was persuaded to give off riding — Robert Peirce
2. : to send out as a branch
antlers with their … branches pointing forward and giving off short tines, like twigs — D.C.Peattie
3. : to throw off : emit
as the blood passes through the lungs it … gives off its excess nitrogen — H.G.Armstrong
antique tapestries which … gave off a sickening odor of mold — L.C.Douglas
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to come to an end : cease
2. : to send out a branch : branch off