Bestow

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  • transitive verb. To present as a gift or an honor; confer.
  • transitive verb. To apply; use.
  • transitive verb. To place or stow.
  • transitive verb. To store or house.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.
  • To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
  • To dispose of.
  • To give; confer; impart gratuitously: followed by on or upon before the recipient: as, to bestow praise or blame impartially.
  • To give in marriage.
  • To apply; make use of; use; employ.
  • To behave or deport.
  • Synonyms Confer, Grant, etc. See give.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.
  • transitive verb. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.
  • transitive verb. To expend, as money.
  • transitive verb. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
  • transitive verb. To give in marriage.
  • transitive verb. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.
  • verb. To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
  • verb. To dispose of.
  • verb. To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone as a gift or honour.
  • verb. To give in marriage.
  • verb. To apply; make use of; use; employ.
  • verb. To behave or deport.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. bestow a quality on
  • verb. give as a gift
  • verb. present
  • Word Usage
    "_bestow upon others_, and which we can bestow _liberally_ because by this very action we open the way for still greater supplies to flow in."
    cross-reference
    deal  place  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    give  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Au  Beau  Bio  Bo  Bordeaux  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accord  accord  administer  afford  allot  
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