bestow
English
/bɪˈstoʊ/, /bɪˈstəʊ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put something somewhere.
- (transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
- (transitive) To dispose of.
- (transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
- (transitive) To give in marriage.
- (transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
- (transitive) To behave or deport.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bestowen prefix from English stow (place, put something away).
Origin
English
stow
Gloss
place, put something away
Concept
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Person/Thing
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bestowable English
- bestowage English
- bestowal English
- bestower English
- bestowest English
- bestoweth English
- bestowment English
- misbestow English
- misbestowal English
- overstow English
- playstow English
- stow English
- stowable English
- stowage English
- stower English
- unstow English
- bestowen Middle English
- stowe Middle English