Both Uses of
bestow
in
Macbeth
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed
In England and in Ireland;p. 83.5bestowed = hiding
- Sir, can you tell
Where he bestows himself?p. 115.1 *bestows = keeps (or has placed)
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) Much more rarely, in classic literature, bestow can also mean to give more generally or to put, place, or store (to stow) something somewhere.