English Dictionary

bestow

IPA（発音記号）

/bɪˈstoʊ/

動詞

他動詞 廃用

(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.

日本語の意味

物品を保管する、預ける、しまう / （人に対して）宿泊場所や住居を提供する、宿泊させる

Before the long winter, the villagers bestow food and firewood in the communal storehouse.

長い冬が来る前に、村人たちは共同の貯蔵庫に食料と薪を蓄えた。

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?

bestows （ present singular third-person ）

bestowing （ participle present ）

bestowed （ participle past ）

bestowed （ past ）