All 4 Uses of
bestow
in
King Lear
- Do; Kill thy physician, and the fee bestow Upon the foul disease.†
Scene 1.1 *bestow = give
- Our good old friend, Lay comforts to your bosom; and bestow Your needful counsel to our business, Which craves the instant use.†
Scene 2.1
- This house is little: the old man and his people Cannot be well bestow'd.†
Scene 2.4
- Far off methinks I hear the beaten drum: Come, father, I'll bestow you with a friend.†
Scene 4.6bestow = give
Definitions:
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(1)
(bestow) to give -- typically to present as an honor or give as a gift
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, in classic literature, bestow can also mean to give more generally or to put, place, or store (to stow) something somewhere.