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• past participle of bestow.
• past tense form 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.

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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

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bestowed

As a precision-minded songwriter, she bestowed a kind of emotional dignity on everyday characters in hardscrabble circumstances; as a glittering pop persona, she called constant attention to the artifice of her own A-list stardom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Exhibit A: Wolf Blitzer, whose white beard has bestowed the gift of perpetual old age on him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Polish Order of the White Eagle was bestowed on Zelensky in 2023 by then-President Andrzej Duda.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Britain’s Prince Harry bestowed its name on the athletic games he created for wounded soldiers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Within that love, however, is an immense gratitude for the love that you have also bestowed upon Milly, and for the sacrifice you made for our family.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway