All 5 Uses of
bestow
in
Much Ado About Nothing
- I find here that Don Pedro hath bestowed much honour on a young Florentine called Claudio.†
Scene 1.1 *
- Yet it had not been amiss the rod had been made, and the garland too; for the garland he might have worn himself, and the rod he might have bestowed on you, who, as I take it, have stolen his bird's nest.†
Scene 2.1
- I would she had bestowed this dotage on me; I would have daffed all other respects and made her half myself.†
Scene 2.3
- For my brother, I think he holds you well, and in dearness of heart hath holp to effect your ensuing marriage; surely suit ill-spent and labour ill bestowed!†
Scene 3.2
- It pleases your worship to say so, but we are the poor duke's officers; but truly, for mine own part, if I were as tedious as a king, I could find in my heart to bestow it all of your worship.†
Scene 3.5
Definition:
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(bestow) to give -- typically to present as an honor or give as a gift