English Dictionary

bestow

/bɪˈstoʊ/

verb

(transitive) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put (something) somewhere. / (transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; to provide with accommodation.

The king bestowed a great honor upon the knight.

意味（1）

(transitive) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put (something) somewhere.

Her father and myself, ⟨lawful espials,⟩ ⟨Will⟩ so bestow ourselves that, seeing unseen, We may of their encounter frankly judge And gather by him, as he is behaved, If 't be th' affliction of his love or no That thus he suffers for.

意味（2）

(transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; to provide with accommodation.

I heare / Macduffe liues in diſgrace. Sir, can you tell / Where he beſtowes himſelfe?

意味（3）

(transitive) To dispose of.

Here are blank warrants of all dispositions; give me but the name and nature of your malefactor, and I'll bestow him according to his merits.

意味（4）

(transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.

Medals were bestowed on the winning team.

意味（5）

(transitive) To give in marriage.

That is not to bestow my youngest daughter/ before I have a husband for the elder.

意味（6）

(transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.

Here 'tis worth while to bestow a few more Reflections upon that extraordinary Piece of barbarous Cruelty against their Country under the Character of Rufinus.

意味（7）

(transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.

How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in his true colours?