Question: "classify" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

How would you classify these pottery shards -- are they prehistoric?

She classified the articles into different genres.
Answer: the same meaning
Question: "gift" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

The office is in the gift of the President.

She had a gift for playing the flute.
Answer: different meanings
Question: "approach" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

To approach the city.

He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. -- Sir William Temple.
Answer: the same meaning
Question: "declare" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

Declare dividends.

The President declared war.
Answer:
different meanings