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bestow
English
Etymology
From Middle English bestowen, bistowen; equivalent to be- (“on, over, about”) +? stow (“to put something away”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??sto?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??st??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Hyphenation: be?stow
Verb
bestow (third-person singular simple present bestows, present participle bestowing, simple past and past participle bestowed)
- (transitive) To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put something somewhere.
- 1611, King James Bible, Luke 12:17:
- And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.
- 1977, J.R.R. Tolkien, Of the Rings of Power, HarperCollins, page 358:
- Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed.
- 1611, King James Bible, Luke 12:17:
- (transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
- (transitive) To dispose of.
- 1615-17, Thomas Middleton et al., The Widow, in The Ancient British drama, edited by Robert Dodsley, Sir Walter Scott, published 1810:
- Here are blank warrants of all dispositions; give me but the name and nature of your malefactor, and I'll bestow him according to his merits.
- 1615-17, Thomas Middleton et al., The Widow, in The Ancient British drama, edited by Robert Dodsley, Sir Walter Scott, published 1810:
- (transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
- Medals were bestowed on the winning team.
- 1831, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
- Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.
- 2008, Illiad, Userfriendly.org, “The Large Hadron Collider Game”
- CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space.
- (transitive) To give in marriage.
- 1590-92, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act 1, Scene 1, lines 50-51:
- That is not to bestow my youngest daughter/ before I have a husband for the elder.
- 1590-92, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act 1, Scene 1, lines 50-51:
- (transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
- 1887, John Marston, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of John Marston:
- [...] I determine to bestow Some time in learning languages abroad; [...]
- 1887, John Marston, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of John Marston:
- (transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.
Derived terms
- bestowable
- bestowage
- bestowal
- bestower
- bestowment
Translations
Anagrams
- betows, bowest
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recount
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?nt
Etymology 1
From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.
Noun
recount (plural recounts)
- Narration, account, description, rendering
Translations
Verb
recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)
- To tell; narrate; to relate in detail
- The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
- (dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.
- to recount one's blessings
Translations
Etymology 2
From re- +? count
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?i??ka?nt/
Noun
recount (plural recounts)
- A counting again, as of votes.
Translations
Verb
recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)
- To count again.
Translations
Anagrams
- Counter, Cureton, Cutrone, cornute, counter, counter-, countre, trounce
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