confer, bestow
(verb) present; “The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated”; “bestow an honor on someone”
bestow
(verb) give as a gift
lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
(verb) bestow a quality on; “Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”; “The music added a lot to the play”; “She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings”; “This adds a light note to the program”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bestow (third-person singular simple present bestows, present participle bestowing, simple past and past participle bestowed)
(transitive) To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put something somewhere.
(transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
(transitive) To dispose of.
(transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
(transitive) To give in marriage.
(transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
(transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.
• betows, bowest
Source: Wiktionary
Be*stow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestowing.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
