Bestow

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

bɪˈstəʊ

Definitions

An act of presenting a thing to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; a bestowal.

obsolete, rare, transitive

Equivalents

25 more languages

العربيةأنعم امنح

Българскинастанявам поставям

Bosanskiсме̏сти

Catalàallotjar atorgar concedirconferir emmagatzemar estibar

Češtinaubytovat udělit uložituskladnit

Danskanbringe skænke

Ελληνικάαπονέμω

Esperantodonaci

Suomiasettaa lahjoittaa majoittaamyöntää ojentaa panna piilottaa sijoittaa suoda varastoida

Hrvatskiсме̏сти

Italianoalloggiare collocare conferiredepositare donare elargire immagazzinare insignire

日本語施賜

ქართულიმიცემა ჩუქება

한국어宣張

Latinadono

Lietuviųdovanoti

Македонскидарува смести чува

Nederlandsschenken toekennen

Portuguêsalojar armazenar concederconferir dispor de

Русскийвручать вручить даритьдаровать жаловать подарить пожаловать преподнести преподносить разместить размеща́ть расквартиро́вать расквартиро́вывать храни́ть

Српскисме̏сти

ไทยมอบ

Türkçesunmak

Українськадарувати наділити наділя́ти

Examples

“The Muſes bacely begge, or bibbe, or both, and muſt, for vvhy? / They finde as bad Beſtoe as is their Portage beggerly: / Yea novv by melancholie vvalkes and thred-bare coates vve geſſe / At Clyents and at Poetes: none vvorke more and profit leſſe, […]”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

bestowage Bestowal Bestowals Bestowed Bestower Bestowers

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