Definition of bestow

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Bestow (v. t.) To give in marriage.

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Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To expend, as money..
Charter :: Charter (n.) An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges..
Indulge :: Indulge (v. t.) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request..
Bountiful :: Bountiful (a.) Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.
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..
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering..
Entail :: Entail (n.) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage..
Frumentation :: Frumentation (n.) A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy..
Painsworthy :: Painsworthy (a.) Worth the pains or care bestowed.
Monsignore :: Monsignore (n.) My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.).
Laureate :: Laureate (v. i.) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities..
Elogy :: Elogy (n.) The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.
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..
Encomiastical :: Encomiastical (a.) Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse..
Foredispose :: Foredispose (v. t.) To bestow beforehand.
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
Largesse :: Largesse (a.) A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.
Heir :: Heir (n.) One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter..
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..
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