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# bestow

«bestow» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give it to them, especially an honour, gift or title** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (bestow, bestows, bestowed, bestowing)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) To bestow something on someone is to give it to them, especially an honour, gift or title. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bestow/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in fairy tales (the fairy bestowed a gift on the baby), ceremonies, awards and religious language (God bestows blessings, Christians believe).

### examples

- The queen bestowed a knighthood on the scientist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bestow/#x1)
- The fairy godmother bestowed three wishes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bestow/#x2)
- The school bestowed a special prize on the caretaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bestow/#x3)
- Praise was bestowed on the brave firefighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bestow/#x4)
- The title was bestowed upon him by the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bestow/#x5)
- Many Christians thank God for the blessings he bestows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bestow/#x6)
- The Water King bestowed praise upon him: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bestow/#x7)

### note

Formal and old-fashioned; everyday «give» or «award». Pattern: bestow something on/upon someone.

### In the corpora

- [She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.99/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bestow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bestow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.