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bestow

/bɪˈstoʊ/ verbo B2

En español: estibar

  1. To apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use. (transitive)
  2. To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render. (transitive) · I bestow upon you the name of Peter.· Medals were bestowed on the winning team.

Plural bestow · He/she/it bestows · Pasado bestowed · Participio pasado bestowed · Forma en -ing bestowing

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De la biblioteca

All her pains were bestowed upon Anne, who, she vowed, must, for the credit of Avonlea, be dressed and combed and adorned to the Queen’s taste.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 277 · C1
Of course I promised Diana that no Queen’s girl, no matter how much I liked her, should ever be as dear to me as she is; but I’ve lots of second-best affections to bestow.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 292 · C1
I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 28 · B2
He answered me with the utmost civility, and even paid me the compliment of saying, that he was so well convinced of Lady Catherine’s discernment as to be certain she could never bestow a favour unworthily.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 112 · B2

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