Showing results for "bestowed"

• past tense form of bestow.
• past participle of bestow.

bestowed

American  

[bih-stohd] / bɪˈstoʊd /

adjective

1. presented as a gift or privilege; given or conferred.

   As the official addressed them, some members of the audience shouted with joy over their newly bestowed citizenship.

2. Archaic. applied; put to some use.

   If I regarded the present discussion concerning baptism as only about mere mode or form, I should think my time and labor poorly bestowed.

---

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of bestow.

Other Word Forms

• unbestowed
  adjective
• well-bestowed
  adjective

---

Etymology

Origin of bestowed

bestow ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bestowed

An as-yet unrevealed game-changing power would be bestowed upon one player, but only after they had to blow up the proxy pumpkin scarecrow heads of all but three of the most trustworthy contestants.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

But boards don’t always get the attention or recognition bestowed on C-suite leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Set up in 1988 and named after Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, the prize is bestowed annually on individuals or organisations to recognise their fight for human rights or democracy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The team at the time was helmed by Bears founder, president and head coach George Halas, who later bestowed Ditka with his first NFL head coaching job in 1982.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

After she had bestowed her veil, the nereid dove like a gull to windward where a dark waveside closed over her whiteness.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---