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- verb archaic Second-person singular present simple form of
bestow
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Examples
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Fair indeed the honour thou bestowest on thy guest, sir
The Cyclops 2008
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Fair indeed the honour thou bestowest on thy guest, sir
The Cyclops 2008
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Methinks, it is a power which thou bestowest, 1020
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And if they remained in their chambers whilst thou art already awake, and comest and bestowest and distributest, how would thy proud modesty upbraid for it!
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No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream: -- Bestow not thy affections upon a mistress who has a thousand lovers; or, if thou bestowest them upon her, be prepared for a separation.
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Upon him thou bestowest regions wide and boundless as his spirit;
The World I Live In Helen Keller 1924
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I thank thee, O God, that thou bestowest strength and courage upon me in these last moments!
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Thou makest an idol and then worshippest it, and, like some of the inhabitants of the East, thou also bestowest a little castigation occasionally, just to let the ugly deity know the value of thy devotion.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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Pharaoh was about to make Joseph the ruler over Egypt, and it appeared that he was unacquainted with the seventy tongues which an Egyptian sovereign must know, the angel Gabriel came and taught him those languages, whereupon the angels spoke: "Blessed art Thou, O Lord, who graciously bestowest knowledge."
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913
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How then could my heart be happily to quit thee, and to depart from thee; and how could that be when thou bestowest benefits and favours upon me?
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