Both Uses of
bestow
in
The Remains of the Day
- Indeed, I would be among the last to advocate bestowing one's loyalty carelessly on any lady or gentleman who happens to employ one for a time.†
Chpt 3e - *bestowing = giving
- This is loyalty /intelligently /bestowed.†
Chpt 3e -bestowed = gave
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.