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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

The month before, Putin had bestowed him with a state honor, the Order of Friendship.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

Perhaps only South Africa's Jacques Kallis, who played in many more Tests, is a pretender to the title of cricket's greatest all-rounder which was bestowed on Sobers by fellow legend Richie Benaud.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The Sharks won the league title in Finch’s second year in charge, and his own players marveled at the defensive superpowers he bestowed on them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

“You should use the brains God gave you,” my father is in the habit of saying, though we both know he thinks this gift was really bestowed by him.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood