All 3 Uses of
bestow
in
A Christmas Carol
- No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o'clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge.†
Chpt 1
- He stopped at the outer door to bestow the greetings of the season on the clerk, who, cold as he was, was warmer than Scrooge; for he returned them cordially.†
Chpt 1
- Let it also be borne in mind that Scrooge had not bestowed one thought on Marley, since his last mention of his seven years' dead partner that afternoon.†
Chpt 1 *
Definition:
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(bestow) to give -- typically to present as an honor or give as a gift