A tweeter called Simon Thomas has been broadcasting his displeasure:
As usual with cavillers of his ilk, this stems entirely from personal taste. There's no reason to not use gift as a verb. The Oxford English Dictionary has examples of this usage from the nearly 400 years ago.
Prescriptivists such as Mr Thomas don't care. They'll probably be equally aghast at my split infinitive.
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