bestow

1. To apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use.Examples: "O if I had had time to haue made nevv liueries: I vvoulde haue beſtovved the thouſand pound I borrovved of you, but tis no matter, this poore ſhevv doth better, this doth inferre the zeale I had to ſee him."; "And thou ſhalt beſtow that money for whatſoeuer thy ſoule lutſeth after, for oxen, or for ſheepe, or for wine, or for ſtrong drinke, or for whatſoeuer thy ſoule deſireth: and thou ſhalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou ſhalt reioyce, thou and thine houſhold."Synonyms: lay outobsoletespecificallytransitive

2. (archaic)Examples: "The diuell take the one partie, / And his dam the other, / And theyle be both beſtovved. / I haue endured more for their ſakes, / Then man is able to endure."; "Moreover I haue […] beſtovved the chiefe grounds, Principles, Rules, and Obſeruations [of heraldry] vnder their proper heads, and manifeſted their vſe by examples of ſpeciall choice, […]"; "Here are blank warrants of all dispositions; give me but the name and nature of your malefactor, and I'll bestow him according to his merits."archaictransitive

3. (archaic)Examples: "The londes of a certayne man brought forth frutes plenteouſly⸝ and he thought in hym ſilfe ſayinge: whatt ſhall I do⸝ becauſe I have noo roume where to beſtowe my frutes?"; "Novv as I am a Chriſtian anſvver me, / In vvhat ſafe place you haue beſtovv'd my monie; / Or I ſhall breake that merrie ſconce of yours / That ſtands on tricks, vvhen I am vndiſpos'd: / VVhere is the thouſand Markes thou hadſt of me?"; "Near unto Aſſos, a citie in Troas, there is found in the quarries a certaine ſtone called Sarcophagus, […] The reaſon of the name is this, becauſe that vvithin the ſpace of fortie daies it is knovvne for certain to conſume the bodies of the dead vvhich are beſtovved therein, skin, fleſh, and bone, all ſave the teeth."archaictransitive

4. (archaic)Examples: "The ſixteene daye of May they were al beſtovved abourd in Spaniſh ſhippes furniſhed with victual, & other neceſſaries for that iourney."; "[…] I heare / Macduffe liues in diſgrace. Sir, can you tell / VVhere he beſtovves himſelfe?"; "VVell my Maſters, I'le leaue him with you; novv I ſee him beſtovv'd, I'le goe looke for my goods, and Numps."Synonyms: house, put upalsoarchaicreflexivetransitive

5. (obsolete)Examples: "Novv therefore vvould I haue thee to my Tutor / (For long agone I haue forgot to court, / Beſides the faſhion of the time is chang'd) / Hovv, and vvhich vvay I may beſtovv my ſelfe / To be regarded in her ſun-bright eye."; "Hovv might vve ſee Falſtaffe beſtovv himſelf to night in his true colours, and not our ſelues be ſeene?"; "He all aſſayls, and him ſo braue beſtovves, / That in his Fight he deals more deaths than blovves."obsoletereflexivetransitive

6. (obsolete)Examples: "You ſay, if I bring in your Roſalinde, / You vvill beſtovv her on Orlando heere?"; "I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman, who extremely admired her wit, and would have given her a coach and six: […]"alsoobsoletereflexivetransitive