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Definition

to give — typically to present as an honor or give as a gift

Much more rarely, in classic literature, bestow can also mean to give more generally or to put, place, or store (to stow) something somewhere.

They gave her the highest honor they can bestow.

bestow = give (as an honor)

Our organization bestows honors, awards, and sometimes cash prizes to promising writers.

bestows = gives (as an honor or gift)

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

bestowed = given (as a gift)

May God bestow his blessings on your baby.

bestow = give (as a gift)

Her heart and her time were already quite full; she had neither leisure nor affection to bestow on Fanny.
Austen, Jane -- Mansfield Park

bestow = give

I saw your niece do more favours to the count's servingman than ever she bestowed upon me;
William Shakespeare -- Twelfth Night

bestowed = gave (as a gift)

If God has bestowed beauty upon her, it will prove her greatest curse.
Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

bestowed = given as a gift

He bore with fortitude her Wait Till I Get You Home ... and returned the hug at long last bestowed upon him.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

bestowed = given

His tale and the feelings he now expressed proved him to be a creature of fine sensations, and did I not as his maker owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow?
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

bestow = give

Then, at Aslan's command, Peter bestowed the Knighthood of the Order of the Lion on Caspian,
C.S. Lewis -- Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia

bestowed = presented as an honor

Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam.
William Shakespeare -- The Merchant of Venice

bestows = gives

Because it is a blessing that he bestows on beasts:
William Shakespeare -- The Comedy of Errors

bestows = gives as a gift

The brave fellows whom I have persuaded to be my companions look towards me for aid, but I have none to bestow.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

bestow = give

Here, I thought, is one of those whose joy-imparting smiles are bestowed on all but me.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

bestowed = given

Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

bestowed = given

He would talk in a cheerful accent, with an expression of goodness that bestowed pleasure even upon me.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

bestowed = gave

When I thought of him I gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflamed, and I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I had so thoughtlessly bestowed.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

bestowed = given

When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

bestowing = giving

The form of the monster on whom I had bestowed existence was forever before my eyes, and I raved incessantly concerning him.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

bestowed = given

I, who had ever been surrounded by amiable companions, continually engaged in endeavouring to bestow mutual pleasure—I was now alone.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

bestow = give

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