We'd want to make sure we really have something before we go out and bestow the gift on others.

Maybe you'd bestow a gift upon a symphony orchestra or endow a museum.

Wealthy believers were more likely to bestow their gifts on their city than on the church or the poor.

He altered the appearance of the property, filling it with his collections and the gifts bestowed on him by admirers.

I have bestowed the gift of my name upon you.

Human beings started shaping their deities according to their imagination and bestowing all powers on these deities.

For the most part the sultan had no serious grievances, given the delegated powers bestowed upon the khalifa.

Those in possession of the bundles were considered to have sacred powers bestowed to them by the spirits and thus were considered the leaders of the clan and tribe.

Should they stray too far from this code or break it outright, they lose the favor of their deity and, with it, lose all holy powers bestowed upon them.