BESTOR, verb transitive [be and stow, a place. See Stow. Literally, to set or place.] 1. To give; to confer; to impart; with the sense of gratuity, and followed by on or upon. Consecrate yourselves to the Lord, that he may bestow on you a blessing. Exodus 32:1. Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. 1 Corinthians 13:3. This word should never be followed by to. 2. To give in marriage; to dispose of. I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman. 3. To apply; to place for the purpose of exertion, or use; as, to bestow our whole force upon an object. 4. To lay out, or dispose of; to give in payment for; as, to bestow money for what we desire. Deuteronomy 14:26. 5. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place. I have no room where to bestow my fruits. Luke 12:1.
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