Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Pórg-ere, v. a. (pass. por-si, Pórg-se, Pórg-sero, part. Pórg-to,)
1. to offer, to proffer, to give, to afford, reach, present; 2. to say, refer; 3. to grant, concede.— ajuto a qualcheduno, to assist or give help to one, to aid; 4. to embolden or make bold.— preghi, to pray, to beseech. — orecchi, to hearken, to give ear. — gli occhi, to fix one's eyes upon, to look attentively. — le mani,to stretch out one's hands, to lend a hand. Porgetemi quel cappello, reach me that hat. — chiarezza ad una cosa, to throw light upon a subject. — vita, to vivify; v. n. to show, to make one believe; v. r. to present one's self before, to insinuate one's self into; s. m. Pórg-itóre,f. Pórg-itríce; adj. Pórg-énte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
porgere: or pórto, to reach or yeeld forth, to bring or afford, to lend or giue helpe, to offer with ones hand, to stretch, reach or spread out, to lettie, to iut or but forth as some parts of building.