All 4 Uses of
bestow
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- But what praise couldst thou bestow on a deserving woman indeed,—one that, in the authority of her merit, did justly put on the vouch of very malice itself?†
Scene 2.1bestow = give
- Pray you, come in: I will bestow you where you shall have time To speak your bosom freely.†
Scene 3.1
- Why, then, 'tis hers, my lord, and being hers, She may, I think, bestow't on any man.†
Scene 4.1
- Sir, would she give you so much of her lips As of her tongue she oft bestows on me, You'd have enough.†
Scene 2.1 *
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.