All 5 Uses of
bestow
in
Twelfth Night
- I would I had bestowed that time in the tongues that I have in fencing, dancing, and bear-baiting.†
p. 19.8bestowed = gave
- Most certain, if you are she, you do usurp yourself; for what is yours to bestow is not yours to reserve.†
p. 37.6bestow = give
- Once more, Cesario, Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty: Tell her my love, more noble than the world, Prizes not quantity of dirty lands; The parts that fortune hath bestow'd upon her, Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune; But 'tis that miracle and queen of gems That Nature pranks her in attracts my soul.†
p. 73.1
- I saw your niece do more favours to the count's servingman than ever she bestowed upon me;
p. 103.2 *bestowed = gave (as a gift)
- what bestow on him?†
p. 111.5bestow = 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.