Part 1075

<h1>Bestow</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*stow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bestowed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bestowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bestowen</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>stow</ets> a place. See <er>Stow</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.</def> "He <i>bestowed</i> it in a pouch."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<blockquote>See that the women are <b>bestowed</b> in safety. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To expend, as money.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.</def>

<blockquote>Empire is on us <b>bestowed</b>. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Though I <b>bestow</b> all my goods to feed the poor. <i> 1 Cor. xiii. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To give in marriage.</def>

<blockquote>I could have <b>bestowed</b> her upon a fine gentleman. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>How might we see Falstaff <b>bestow</b> himself to-night in his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To give; grant; present; confer; accord.</syn>

<h1>Bestowal</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*stow"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of bestowing; disposal.</def>

<h1>Bestower</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*stow"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One that bestows.</def>

<h1>Bestowment</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*stow"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.</def>

<blockquote>If we consider this <b>bestowment</b> of gifts in this view. <i>Chauncy.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is given or bestowed.</def>

<blockquote>They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own <b>bestowments</b>. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bestraddle</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*strad"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bestride.</def>

<h1>Bestraught</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*straught"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>straught</ets>; prob. here used for <ets>distraught</ets>.]</ety> <def>Out of one's senses; distracted; mad.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>