bestow
verb /bɪˈstəʊ/
/bɪˈstəʊ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bestow | /bɪˈstəʊ/ /bɪˈstəʊ/ |
| he / she / it bestows | /bɪˈstəʊz/ /bɪˈstəʊz/ |
| past simple bestowed | /bɪˈstəʊd/ /bɪˈstəʊd/ |
| past participle bestowed | /bɪˈstəʊd/ /bɪˈstəʊd/ |
| -ing form bestowing | /bɪˈstəʊɪŋ/ /bɪˈstəʊɪŋ/ |
- bestow something (on/upon somebody) to give something to somebody, especially to show how much they are respected
- It was a title bestowed upon him by the king.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBestow is used with these nouns as the object:- accolade
- award
- blessing
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘use for, devote to’): from be- (as an intensifier) + Old English stōw ‘place’.