bestow🔊

To apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use.

(specifically, obsolete) To apply (money) for some purpose; to expend, to spend. +

To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honor; to confer, to give, to accord.

(archaic) To place or put (someone or something) somewhere or in a certain situation; to dispose of.

(archaic) To deposit (something) for safekeeping; to lay up (something) in store; to stow.

(archaic) To provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation; to find quarters for (someone or oneself); to lodge, to quarter.

(obsolete) To behave or conduct (oneself); to acquit.

(obsolete) To give (someone or oneself) in marriage.

(obsolete, rare) An act of presenting a thing to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honor; a bestowal. +