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Webster 1913 Edition
Bestow
Be-stow′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bestowed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bestowing
.] 1.
To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.
“He bestowed it in a pouch.” Sir W. Scott.
See that the women are
bestowed
in safety. Byron.
2.
To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.
3.
To expend, as money.
[Obs.]
4.
To give or confer; to impart; – with on or upon.
Empire is on us
bestowed
. Cowper.
Though I
bestow
all my goods to feed the poor. 1 Cor. xiii. 3.
5.
To give in marriage.
I could have
bestowed
her upon a fine gentleman. Tatler.
6.
To demean; to conduct; to behave; – followed by a reflexive pronoun.
[Obs.]
How might we see Falstaff
bestow
himself to-night in his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? Shakespeare
Syn. – To give; grant; present; confer; accord.