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bestowing

  • present participle
    of bestow.
    bestow
    verb (used with object)
    to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on orupon ).

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Caesar affected to disdain high office but in 27 B.C. maneuvered the Senate into bestowing upon him, as Agrippa relates, “the dignified honorific of Augustus—‘the Revered One’—close to, but not quite, divine.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The biggest engines are often installed in pairs or quads, bestowing “Miami Vice”-style speed on large vessels packed with creature comforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

He would begin a performance with Glass at the piano, bestowing an ingratiating quality of quiet pleasure on Ginsberg’s flowery imagery.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Neither the Kremlin nor Russian foreign ministry has publicly acknowledged posthumously bestowing the Order of Lenin, a Soviet-era award recognising outstanding civilian service, on Gloss.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025

“Lady Ashton, you are a vision,” he crooned, taking one of her hands in both of his and bestowing upon it a gentlemanly kiss.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood