Definition of bestow

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Bestow (v. t.) To expend, as money..

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Bestowal :: Bestowal (n.) The act of bestowing; disposal.
Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary..
Lavish :: Lavish (a.) Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise..
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke..
Congruity :: Congruity (n.) That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace..
Grant :: Grant (v. t.) The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
Give :: Give (n.) To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow..
Disposer :: Disposer (n.) One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower..
Glorify :: Glorify (v. t.) To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
Pittance :: Pittance (n.) An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole..
Favor :: Favor (n.) A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding..
Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To bestow or confer.
Cordon :: Cordon (n.) A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon..
Bounty :: Bounty (n.) Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence.
Recommend :: Recommend (v. t.) To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body..
Epenetic :: Epenetic (a.) Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.
Donor :: Donor (n.) One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.
Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like..
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