Bestow \Be*stow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bestowing}.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See {Stow}.] 1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put. ``He bestowed it in a pouch.'' --Sir W. Scott.
See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron.
2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.
3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]
4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
Empire is on us bestowed. --Cowper.
Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1 Cor. xiii. 3.
5. To give in marriage.
I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman. --Tatler.
6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]
How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak.
Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord.
The inclusion of the internationally prestigious prince, Phnom Penh believes, would bestow legitimacy on the government and undermine the Khmer Rouge.
It would bestow the kind of credential review that doctors, lawyers and others now get, they said.
He'll be back campaigning on Wednesday, the day Democrats make it official and bestow their nomination on Dukakis.
Elimination of territorial rating will bestow benefits upon some consumers and penalize everyone else; this will be the outcome of the "reforms" now being proposed by consumer groups in other states.
Most did not budge as Mr Cran explained the workings of withholding tax. The few who left paused to bestow upon their idol a look of tender solicitude.
Another former rival, Bruce Babbitt, said he too would bestow his blessing today. "I'll call him in the morning and tell him," the former Arizona governor said Tuesday night in San Francisco, as Dukakis was scoring a lopsided victory in California.
President Reagan agreed to drop his studied show of neutrality and bestow his blessings on his vice president in a White House meeting on Wednesday.
He said he changed his mind after the Defense Department decided last month to bestow new U.S. prisoner-of-war medals to the crew. He will accept that award this weekend to make peace with the Navy, he said.
It is in Mr Mitterrand's gift and, savouring this power, the president has given no hint of how he might bestow it, except that it would not be on someone hostile to the European Community.
Meanwhile, the government's Children's Fund chose Friday to bestow its honorary Leo Tolstoy award on Mother Teresa, the missionary who came to Armenia after the quake to help its victims.
Reynolds, though, is certain to capitalize on the strength of its own name and gradually bestow it upon various Presto product lines.
Lawyers and engineers relish the mobility they bestow.