All 5 Uses of
bestow
in
Gone with the Wind
- Hamilton, I am not unaware of the honor you have bestowed on me in wanting me to become your wife, but this is all so sudden that I do not know what to say.†
Chpt 1.6
- She is my sister now," and Melly bestowed one of her fond little glances on her.†
Chpt 2.9
- That coat for Ashley was a sore subject with Scarlett, for she wished so ardently that she and not Melanie were bestowing it as a Christmas gift.†
Chpt 2.15 *
- They had begged for favors and if it pleased her, she had bestowed them.†
Chpt 5.48
- The name agreed upon for the child was Eugenie Victoria, but that afternoon Melanie unwittingly bestowed a name that clung, even as "Pittypat" had blotted out all memory of Sarah Jane.†
Chpt 5.50
Definition:
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(bestow) to give -- typically to present as an honor or give as a gift