Synonyms for bestow
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-stoh |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈstoʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for bestow Other synonyms for the word bestow
Définition of bestow
Origin :- early 14c., bistowen "give" (as alms, etc.), from be- + stowen "to place" (see stow). Related: Bestowed; bestowing; bestower.
- verb give, allot
- The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Shall we hesitate to devote to him whatever he claims, or whatever we can bestow?
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Thus, then, your generosity can never be evinced but to him on whom you bestow your hand.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Oh, it is that which you must part with to bestow all the rest!
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
- I suppose you have no objection this time to bestow a few bullets on these gentry?
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
- How trustful and generous in him to bestow all this confidence in me.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- But Clement Austin did not bestow so much as one glance upon the breakfast-table.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- Red chestnuts, like fire-dates, are fruits of the gods, and bestow immortality.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- The treasures which I bestow upon you, you are to use to help the true ruler.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- The rewards they bestow are sweet, and ravishing, and indescribable.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
Antonyms for bestow
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