Definition: bestowing

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Bestow \Be*stow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestowed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Bestowing.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See
   Stow.]
   1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow;
      to place; to put. ``He bestowed it in a pouch.'' --Sir W.
      Scott.

            See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron.

   2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some
      occupation.

   3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]

   4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.

            Empire is on us bestowed.             --Cowper.

            Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1
                                                  Cor. xiii. 3.

   5. To give in marriage.

            I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
                                                  --Tatler.

   6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a
      reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]

            How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in
            his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak.

   Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord.