Definition of bestow

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Bestow (v. t.) To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.

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Puffery :: Puffery (n.) The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.
Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (a.) Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts..
Bestowment :: Bestowment (n.) The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.
Drop :: Drop (n.) To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc..
Favor :: Favor (n.) A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding..
Historiographer :: Historiographer (n.) An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction..
Spoil :: Spoil (n.) Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils..
Deign :: Deign (v. t.) To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.
Impart :: Impart (n.) To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth..
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
Affordment :: Affordment (n.) Anything given as a help; bestowal.
Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.
Grant :: Grant (v. t.) The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed.
Vouchsafe :: Vouchsafe (v. t.) To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
Charity :: Charity (n.) Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.
Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.
Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To give in marriage.
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke..
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