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Webster 1828 Edition

Verb.

[be and stow, a place. See Stow. Literally, to set or place.]

To give; to confer; to impart; with the sense of gratuity, and followed by on or upon.

Consecrate yourselves to the Lord, that he may bestow on you a blessing. Ex.32.

Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. 1 Cor.13.3.

This word should never be followed by to.

To give in marriage; to dispose of.

I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.

To apply; to place for the purpose of exertion, or use; as, to bestow our whole force upon an object.

To lay out, or dispose of; to give in payment for; as, to bestow money for what we desire. Deut.14.26.

To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place.

I have no room where to bestow my fruits. Luke 12.