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单词 bestow
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bestown.

Etymology: < bestow v.
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.

/bɪˈstəʊ/
Forms: Middle English–1500s bistow(e, Middle English bystow(e, Middle English–1600s bestowe, (1500s bestoe), Middle English– bestow. past participle bestowed, (1600s bestowne).
Etymology: Middle English bistowen , < bi-, be- prefix 2 + stowen to place, stow n.1
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.
b. To bring to bed, confine. Obsolete. rare.
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.
4. To settle or give in marriage. Also reflexive. Obsolete.
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.
b. esp. To apply money to a particular purpose; to lay out, expend, spend. Obsolete.
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.
c. reflexive. To acquit oneself. Obsolete.
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.
c. (rarely) to or dative pron. (Cf. ?1541 at sense 5a.)
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. View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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