bestow

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Shall he bestow, which is his labour's pay;

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  1. transitive verb To present as a gift or an honor; confer: bestowed high praise on the winners.
  2. transitive verb To apply; use: "On Hester Prynne's story . . . I bestowed much thought” (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
  3. transitive verb To place or stow: "He bestowed [the money]in his pockets with feigned composure” (James Joyce).
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  1. Middle English bistowen : bi-, be- + stowen, to place; see stow.

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  1. from Middle English bestowen, bistowen; from be- + stow, place: see stow.
 

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