bestow
verb (used with object)
bestowment
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a word derived from
bestow.
Example Sentences
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We have seen that the election of a nation to the enjoyment of certain external advantages, or the bestowment of superior gifts upon some individuals, is not inconsistent with the perfection of the divine goodness.
From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
He had nothing of that choice prudence which seems to have been the guide of others, of our family in the bestowment of their affections.
From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by William Gilmore Simms
What words could be so apt as these to express thankfulness for the preservation of life, and for the subsequent bestowment of the sweetest blessings which endear it to the pure and uncorrupted heart?
From Principle and Practice The Orphan Family by Harriet Martineau
True, it was; but what were his motives in its bestowment?
From Talkers With Illustrations by John Bate
Of all nations they only have possessed this right; for they only received it by special bestowment.
From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by A.C. Baldwin
