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▪ I. bestow, v.|bɪˈstəʊ|
Forms: 4–6 bistow(e, 5 bystow(e, 5–7 bestowe, (6 bestoe), 5– bestow. pa. pple. bestowed, (7 bestowne).
[ME. bistowen, f. bi-, be- 2 + stowen to place, stow.]
1. trans. To place, locate; to put in a position or situation, dispose of (in some place). arch.
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 967 The god of love hath the bystowid In place digne unto thy worthines. 1528More Conf. agst. Trib. iii. Wks. 228/1 As rowmes and liuinges fal voyde to bestowe them in. 1567Drury Let. in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) III. 412 Bills bestowed upon the church doors. 1598Shakes. Merry W. iv. ii. 48 How should I bestow him? Shall I put him into the basket againe? 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. i. (1660) 96 Under what heads each peculiar thing must be bestowed. 1713Pope Iliad ix. 284 Glittering canisters..Which round the board Menœtius' son bestow'd. 1873Browning Red Cotton Night-Cap Country 116 The white domestic pigeon..does mere duty by bestowing egg In authorized compartment.
2. To stow away; to place or deposit (anywhere) for storage, to store up. arch.
1393Gower Conf. II. 84 The leed after Satorne groweth, And Jupiter the brass bestoweth. 1494Fabyan vii. 466 Lancastre..bestowed suche ordenaunce as the Frenshemen for haste lafte behynde. 1526Tindale Luke xii. 17, I have noo roume where to bestowe my frutes. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. i. ii. 78 1630 J. Taylor Gt. Eater Kent 13 His store-house, into which he would stow and bestow any thing that the house would afford. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxix. (1856) 247 Bestowing away my boots in a snugly-lashed bundle.
3. To lodge, quarter, put up; to provide with a resting- or sleeping-place. Also refl. arch.
1577Holinshed Chron. III. 813 They were all bestowed aboord in Spanish ships. 1605Shakes. Macb. iii. vi. 23 Sir, can you tell, Where he bestowes himselfe? 1665Manley Grotius' Low-C. Wars 295 To bestow the wearied men into Garrisons. 1821Byron Sardan. iii. i. 121 See that the women are bestow'd in safety In the remote apartments. 1851Longfellow Gold. Leg. iv. iv, Shall the Refectorarius bestow Your horses and attendants for the night.
†b. To bring to bed, confine. Obs. rare.
c1320Sir Beves (Halliw.) 132 And Iosiane, Christ here be milde! In a wode was bestoude of childe.
†4. To settle or give in marriage. Also refl. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Reeve's T. 61 To bystow hir hye Into som worthy blood of ancetrye. 1530Palsgr. 452/1 He hath bestowed his doughter well. c1550Cheke Matt. xxiv. 38 Eating and drinking, marijng, and bestowing yeer childern. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. v. iv. 7 You will bestow her on Orlando heere. c1670Mrs. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1806) 9 Only three daughters who bestowed themselves meanly. 1714T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1765) 100 He bestowed both his Daughters there in Marriage.
5. To apply, to employ (in an occupation); to devote (to, of obs.) for a specific purpose.
c1315Shoreham 95 Thenche thou most wel bysyly, And thy wyȝt thran by-stowe. c1386Chaucer Wife's Prol. 113, I wol bystowe the flour of myn age In the actes and in the fruytes of mariage. 1530Palsgr. Introd. 2 Many..shall also herafter bestowe theyr tyme in such lyke exercise. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg., Howe to bestowe his remedyes to the body of man. 1580Baret Alv. B 580 Thou haste well bestowed thy paynes. 1653Walton Angler i. 39 Bestow one day with me and my friends in hunting the Otter. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. vi. 279 These..onely bestowed themselves in prayer. 1851Dixon W. Penn xv. (1872) 125 How he intended to bestow his day.
†b. esp. To apply money to a particular purpose; to lay out, expend, spend. Obs.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. ii. 75 In þe stories he techeth To bistowe þyn almes. 1526Tindale 2 Cor. xii. 15, I will very gladly bestowe, and wilbe bestowed for youre soules. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. 56 But nowe it is a small matter to bestowe..a hundred pounde of one payre of Breeches. (God be mercifull unto us!) 1590Shakes. 2 Hen. IV v. v. 11, I would haue bestowed the thousand pound I borrowed of you. 1611Bible Deut. xiv. 26 Thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 225 He bestowed much in building.
†c. refl. To acquit oneself. Obs.
1591Shakes. Two Gent. iii. i. 87. 1600 ― A.Y.L. iv. iii. 87 The boy is faire, Of femall fauour, and bestowes himselfe Like a ripe sister. 1606Sylvester Du Bartas (1633) 320 He all assayls and him so brave bestowes, in his Fight, etc.
6. trans. (and absol.). To confer as a gift, present, give.
1580Baret Alv. B 580 To bestowe and giue his life for his country. 1583Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 45 Thee Greeks bestowing theyre presents Greekish I feare mee. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, iv. ii. 56 In bestowing, madam, He was most princely. 1632Brome Novella ii. i, To brag of benefits one hath bestowne Doth make the best seeme lesse. 1750Johnson Rambl. No. 38 ⁋11 You here pray for water, and water I will bestow. 1802M. Edgeworth Moral T. I. i. 7 The importance that wealth can bestow. 1870Bryant Iliad I. iii. 83 Whatever in their grace the gods bestow.
b. Const. on, upon (of obs.) a person.
1535Coverdale 2 Chron. xxiv. 7 All that was halowed for the house of the Lorde, haue they bestowed on Baalim. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. iii. iv. 2 How shall I feast him? What bestow of him? 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. Pref. 112 What freedomes on the Muses are bestowne. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. v. 205 The steadiness..of the English..bestowed upon them a complete and brilliant victory. 1876Green Short Hist. vi. §4 (1882) 301 He bestowed on him a pension of a hundred crowns a year.
†c. (rarely) to or dat. pron. (Cf. 1541 in 5.)
1588Shakes. Tit. A. iv. ii. 163 You must needs bestow her funerall. 1605― Lear ii. i. 128 Bestow Your needfull counsaile to our businesses.
▪ II. † beˈstow, n. Obs. rare.
[f. prec. vb.]
Bestowing, lodgement, stowage.
1589Warner Alb. Eng. v. xxvii, They find as bad Bestoe as is their Postage beggerly. |