Gave, despite being old-fashioned and getting on (7)
I believe the answer is:
donated
'gave' is the definition.
(donating is a kind of giving)
'being old-fashioned and getting on' is the wordplay.
'being' becomes 'ted' (Ted is an example).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'fashioned' indicates an anagram.
'getting' indicates putting letters inside.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'and' anagrammed gives 'dna'.
'o' going into 'dna' is 'dona'.
'ted' put after 'dona' is 'DONATED'.
'despite' is the link.
(Other definitions for donated that I've seen before include "Given" , "Presented" , "Gave" .)