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Meaning of Bestow | Babel Free

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

العربية أنعم امنح
Bosanski сме̏сти
Čeština ubytovat udělit uložit uskladnit
Ελληνικά απονέμω
Esperanto donaci
Hrvatski сме̏сти
日本語
ქართული მიცემა ჩუქება
한국어
Latina dono
Lietuvių dovanoti
Македонски дарува смести чува
Nederlands schenken toekennen
Shqip dhuroj
Српски сме̏сти
ไทย มอบ
Türkçe sunmak

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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