All 4 Uses of
bestow
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Before any further remark had been added a shade darkened the door, and Boldwood entered the malthouse, bestowing upon each a nod of a quality between friendliness and condescension.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- The truth was, that as she now stood—excited, wild, and honest as the day—her alluring beauty bore out so fully the epithets he had bestowed upon it that he was quite startled at his temerity in advancing them as false.†
Chpt 25-27
- Not a single one of them had turned his face to the ricks, or apparently bestowed one thought upon their condition.†
Chpt 37-39
- 'tis a talent the Lord has mercifully bestowed upon us, and we ought not to neglect it.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(bestow) to give -- typically to present as an honor or give as a gift