Both Uses of
bestow
in
All Over but the Shoutin'
- When I was thirty-six, I won the highest honor our profession bestows.†
Chpt Prol. *bestows = gives
- She sat in her little room, surrounded by the tokens of love that we bestow on the old.†
Chpt 2.27bestow = 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.