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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bestow \Be*stow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestowed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Bestowing}.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See
     {Stow}.]
     1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow;
        to place; to put. "He bestowed it in a pouch." --Sir W.
        Scott.


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              See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron.
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     2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some
        occupation.
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     3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]
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     4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
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              Empire is on us bestowed.             --Cowper.
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              Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1
                                                    Cor. xiii. 3.
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     5. To give in marriage.
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              I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
                                                    --Tatler.
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     6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a
        reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]
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              How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in
              his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak.
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     Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord.
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