单词 | bestow |
释义 | † bestown. Obsolete. rare. Bestowing, lodgement, stowage. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation harbouringc1384 lodging1525 bestow1589 quartering1608 billeting1936 rooming1968 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxvii. 120 They finde as bad Bestoed as is their Portage beggerly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). bestowv. 1. transitive. To place, locate; to put in a position or situation, dispose of (in some place). archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] doeOE layc950 seta1000 puta1225 dight1297 pilt?a1300 stow1362 stick1372 bestowc1374 affichea1382 posec1385 couchc1386 dressa1387 assize1393 yarkc1400 sita1425 place1442 colloque1490 siegea1500 stake1513 win1515 plat1529 collocate1548 campc1550 posit1645 posture1645 constitute1652 impose1681 sist1852 shove1902 spot1937 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 967 The god of love hath the bystowid In place digne unto thy worthines. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters iii. xii. f. lxxxvi/1 As rowmys & lyuyngys fall voyde to bystowe theym in. 1567 Drury Let. in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 412 Bills bestowed upon the church doors. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. i. 81 Vnder what heads, each peculiar thing must be bestowed. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 41 How should I bestow him? Shall I put him into the basket againe? View more context for this quotation 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. ix. 284 Glitt'ring Canisters..Which round the Board Menœtius' Son bestow'd. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 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. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] again-layOE to put upc1330 to lay up?a1366 bestow1393 to set up1421 reserve1480 powder1530 store1552 uplay1591 garnera1616 storea1616 revestry1624 reposit1630 barrel1631 magazine1643 stock1700 to salt down1849 reservoir1858 tidy1867 larder1904 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 84 The leed after Satorne groweth, And Jupiter the brass bestoweth. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxv Lancastre..bestowed suche ordenaunce as the Frenshemen for haste lafte behynde. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcvij I have noo roume where to bestowe my frutes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. ii. 78. 1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 13 His store-house, into which he would stow and bestow any thing that the house would afford. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxix. 247 Bestowing away my boots in a snugly-lashed bundle. 3. a. To lodge, quarter, put up; to provide with a resting- or sleeping-place. Also reflexive. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (reflexive)] innc1390 lodgec1400 bestow1577 society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > provide with temporary accommodation innOE harbourc1150 gestena1300 guestc1330 hostelc1330 receivec1384 sojourn1390 harbry14.. shroudc1450 bestow1577 accommodate1592 board1600 quarter1603 stow1607 to put up1635 billet1637 lodge1741 room1840 to fix (a person) up1889 summer-board1889 shack1927 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1472/2 They were al bestowed abourd in Spanish shippes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. vi. 24 Sir, can you tell Where he bestowes himselfe? View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 295 To bestow the wearied men into Garrisons. 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus iii. i. 86 See that the women are bestow'd in safety In the remote apartments. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iv. 185 Shall the Refectorarius bestow Your horses and attendants for the night. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > confine or deliver [verb (transitive)] bestowc1320 light?a1425 laya1500 to lay downa1500 to bring abed1523 to bring to bed, abeda1533 c1320 Sir Beves (Halliw.) 132 And Iosiane, Christ here be milde! In a wode was bestoude of childe. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > give in marriage spousea1225 marryc1325 (to give, have) to warisonc1330 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1340 wedc1374 betakea1382 bestowc1405 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 61 To bistowe hir hye In to som worthy blood of Auncetrye. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 452/1 He hath bestowed his doughter well. a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xxiv. 38 Eating and drinking, marijng, and bestowing yeer childern. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 7 You wil bestow her on Orlando heere? View more context for this quotation c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) 283 Only three daughters, who bestowed themselves meanely. 1714 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1765) 100 He bestowed both his Daughters there in Marriage. 5. a. To apply, to employ (in an occupation); to devote (to, of obsolete) for a specific purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > use for specific purpose bestowc1315 lay1340 putc1390 apply1395 usea1398 applicate?a1425 deputec1425 explay1552 employ1553 consecrate1555 implya1625 sacrate1653 consign1700 devote1703 to give up1885 c1315 Shoreham 95 Thenche thou most wel bysyly, And thy wyȝt thran by-stowe. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 113 I wol bystowe the flour of myn age In the actes and in the fruytes of mariage. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 2 Many..shall also herafter bestowe theyr tyme in such lyke exercise. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens i. sig. Aivv Howe to bestowe his remedyes to the body of man. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 528 Thou haste well bestowed thy paynes. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 39 Bestow one day with me and my friends in hunting the Otter. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 279 These..onely bestowed themselves in prayer. 1851 W. H. Dixon W. Penn iv. 135 How he intended to bestow his time during the day. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] aspendc885 doOE spendc1175 spenec1175 dispendc1330 bewarec1374 bestow1377 suckc1380 unpursea1393 warea1417 stowc1440 to lay outc1449 spone1456 expend1477 expend1484 impendc1486 ware?a1513 deburse?1529 disburse1530 defray1543 unburse1570 outlay1573 to lay forth1584 sweat1592 vent1612 dispursea1616 exhaust1616 to set forth1622 waste1639 depursea1648 fence1699 douse1759 shut1797 shift1923 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ii. 75 In þe stories he techeth To bistowe þyn almes. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. xii. 15 I will very gladly bestowe, and wilbe bestowed for youre soules. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Eiii But now it is a small matter to bestowe..a hundred pound of one paire of Breeches. (God be mercifull vnto vs.) 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. v. 12 I woulde haue bestowed the thousand pound I borrowed of you. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xiv. 26 Thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after. View more context for this quotation 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 225 He bestowed much in building. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave or conduct oneself [verb (reflexive)] wieldOE leadc1175 bear?c1225 steera1250 to take onc1275 contain1297 to shift one's handa1300 demeanc1320 guyc1325 govern1340 keep1362 havec1390 rulec1390 guide14.. conceivea1425 maintain?a1425 maynea1425 behavec1440 disporta1450 orderc1487 use1497 handle?1529 convey1530 gesture1542 treat1568 carry1584 deport1598 bestow1606 comport1616 mienc1680 conduct1706 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 26 He all assayles, and him so brave bestowes, That in his Fight, [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 87. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. iii. 87 The boy is faire, Of femall fauour, and bestowes himselfe Like a ripe sister. View more context for this quotation 6. a. transitive (and absol.) To confer as a gift, present, give. ΚΠ 1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 528 To bestow and giue his life for his country. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 23 Thee Greeks bestowing theyre presents Greekish I feare mee. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 56 In bestowing, Madam, He was most Princely. View more context for this quotation a1652 R. Brome Novella ii. i. sig. I4v, in Five New Playes (1653) To brag of benefits one hath bestowne Doth make the best seeme lesse. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 38. ⁋11 You here pray for water, and water I will bestow. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 9 The importance that wealth can bestow. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 83 Whatever in their grace the gods bestow. b. Const. on, upon (of obsolete) a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give as a present or make a present of giveOE putc1330 skink1508 bestow1535 gift1619 donate1845 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxiv. 7 All that was halowed for the house of the Lorde, haue they bestowed on Baalim. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 2 How shall I feast him? What bestow of him? View more context for this quotation 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer Pref. 112 What freedomes on the Muses are bestowne. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. v. 205 The steadiness..of the English..bestowed upon them a complete and brilliant victory. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §4. 301 He bestowed on him a pension of a hundred crowns a year. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 162 You must needs bestow her Funerall. View more context for this quotation 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vi. 126 Bestow your needfull councell To our busines. 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