bestow
- to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- to put to some use; apply: Time spent in study is time well bestowed.
- Archaic.
- to provide quarters for; house; lodge.
- to put; stow; deposit; store.
Origin of bestow
Synonyms for bestow
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grant, confer, lavish, bequeath, entrust, donate, accord, apportion, gift, offer, devote, award, favor, impart, commit, presentExamples from the Web for bestow
Contemporary Examples of bestow
The question is: why were they about to bestow the award in the first place?
Do you think I have charity to bestow, or a morsel of bread to spare?'
But the renewed bid holds the potential to bestow certain key privileges that should not be overlooked.
Restaurants have a soft opening and weeks of tweaking before critics come calling to bestow stars.
The rationale for the visit, after all, is explicitly symbolic: the president will bestow the Medal of Freedom on the chancellor.
Historical Examples of bestow
The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.
Shall we hesitate to devote to him whatever he claims, or whatever we can bestow?
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
Thus, then, your generosity can never be evinced but to him on whom you bestow your hand.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
I suppose you have no objection this time to bestow a few bullets on these gentry?
The Field of IceJules Verne
Oh, it is that which you must part with to bestow all the rest!
Joseph Andrews Vol. 1Henry Fielding
bestow
- to present (a gift) or confer (an award or honour)
- archaic to apply (energy, resources, etc)
- archaic to house (a person) or store (goods)