Both Uses of
bestow
in
Love's Labour's Lost
- Their purpose is to parley, court, and dance; And every one his love-feat will advance Unto his several mistress; which they'll know By favours several which they did bestow.†
Scene 5.2 *bestow = give
- Sweet royalty, bestow on me the sense of hearing.†
Scene 5.2
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.