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Present :: Present (a.) Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts..

Rain :: Rain (v. t.) To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person..

Vocation :: Vocation (n.) The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel..

Largesse :: Largesse (a.) A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.

Confer :: Confer (v. t.) To grant as a possession; to bestow.

Corona :: Corona (n.) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

Endowment :: Endowment (n.) That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college..

Nepotism :: Nepotism (n.) Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim..

Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke..

Bountiful :: Bountiful (a.) Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.

Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank..

Bestower :: Bestower (n.) One that bestows.

Dotation :: Dotation (n.) The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman..

Puffery :: Puffery (n.) The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.

Gift :: Gift (v. t.) The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President..

Bestowing :: Bestowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besto.

Plutus :: Plutus (n.) The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without discrimination of merit..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary..

Option :: Option (n.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845..

Epenetic :: Epenetic (a.) Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.

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