英语词汇“bestow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	bestow
释义	be·stow \bə̇ˈstō, bē-\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English bestowen, from be- + -stowen (from stowe place) — more at stow 1. a. : to put to use : apply, devote < hours quite as well bestowed as hours spent in golfing — A.C.Benson > b. obsolete : to lay out (money) : spend 2. a. : to set in a given place, position, or situation : put, place, locate < they saw her down the path and bestowed in her car with tender solicitude by the chauffeur — Frances Towers > b. : to put away (as in storing) : deposit for safekeeping : stow < parcels which she bestowed in the corners of the vehicle — Arnold Bennett > < without pausing to take breath till the whole cargo was bestowed — R.L.Stevenson > 3. obsolete : to give in marriage : marry off 4. : to provide with a lodging place : put up : quarter < bestowed Clotilde in lodgings of her own — Rayner Heppenstall > 5. : to present as a gift : give, grant, confer < a favor that the Roman was pleased to bestow — L.C.Douglas > — usually used with on or upon < he bestows on them more praise than critical judgment — R.A.Cordell > 6. obsolete : to conduct or acquit (oneself)
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