Definitions for bestow
bɪˈstoʊbe·stow

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. confer, bestowverb

   present

   "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"

2. bestowverb

   give as a gift

3. lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bringverb

   bestow a quality on

   "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. bestowverb

   To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.

2. bestowverb

   To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.

3. bestowverb

   To dispose of.

4. bestowverb

   To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone as a gift or honour.

   Medals were bestowed on the winning team.

5. bestowverb

   To give in marriage.

6. bestowverb

   To apply; make use of; use; employ.

7. bestowverb

   To behave or deport.

8. Etymology: From bestowen, bistowen, equivalent to.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bestowverb

   to lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put

2. Bestowverb

   to use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation

3. Bestowverb

   to expend, as money

4. Bestowverb

   to give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon

5. Bestowverb

   to give in marriage

6. Bestowverb

   to demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bestow

   be-stō′, v.t. to stow, place, or put by: to give or confer: to accommodate with quarters: to apply (with on and upon): (refl., Shak.) to acquit one's self.—ns. Bestow′al, act of bestowing: disposal; Bestow′er; Bestow′ment.

Matched Categories

1. • Award
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How to pronounce bestow?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bestow in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bestow in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bestow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of bestow in a Sentence

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquillity which religion is powerless to bestow.

2. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne:

   Wealth is so much the greatest good that Fortune has to bestow that in the Latin and English languages it has usurped her name.

3. Pope Francis:

   And since mothers bestow life, and women keep the world [together], let us all make greater efforts to promote mothers and to protect women.

4. Saint Augustine:

   You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.

5. Pierre Charron:

   He who receives a benefit should never forget it he who bestow should never remember it.

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