Definition of bestow

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Bestow (v. t.) To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun.

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Promise :: Promise (a.) Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised..
Largesse :: Largesse (a.) A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.
Present :: Present (a.) To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer..
Deign :: Deign (v. t.) To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.
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..
Show :: Show (v. t.) To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor..
Cultivation :: Cultivation (n.) Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.
Frumentation :: Frumentation (n.) A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy..
Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor..
Decoration :: Decoration (n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc..
Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.
Intellectualize :: Intellectualize (v. t.) To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
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..
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..
Shower :: Shower (v. t.) To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in /undance; to rain.
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.
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..
Give :: Give (n.) To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow..
Pittance :: Pittance (n.) An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole..
Beteem :: Beteem (a.) To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent.
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