All 6 Uses of
bestow
in
Great Expectations
- In my hunger for information, I made proposals to Mr. Wopsle to bestow some intellectual crumbs upon me, with which he kindly complied.†
Chpt 15 *bestow = give
- I promised myself that I would do something for them one of these days, and formed a plan in outline for bestowing a dinner of roast-beef and plum-pudding, a pint of ale, and a gallon of condescension, upon everybody in the village.†
Chpt 19bestowing = giving
- "This is a gay figure, Pip," said she, making her crutch stick play round me, as if she, the fairy godmother who had changed me, were bestowing the finishing gift.†
Chpt 19
- The judicious parent, having nothing to bestow or withhold but his blessing, had handsomely settled that dower upon them after a short struggle, and had informed Mr. Pocket that his wife was "a treasure for a Prince."†
Chpt 23bestow = give
- I have not bestowed my tenderness anywhere.†
Chpt 29bestowed = gave
- Put me aside for ever,—you have done so, I well know,—but bestow yourself on some worthier person than Drummle.†
Chpt 44bestow = give
Definition:
to give -- typically to present as an honor or give as a gift