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bestowed

[bih-stohd]

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adjective

presented as a gift or privilege; given or conferred.
As the official addressed them, some members of the audience shouted with joy over their newly bestowed citizenship.
Archaic.��applied; put to some use.
If I regarded the present discussion concerning baptism as only about mere mode or form, I should think my time and labor poorly bestowed.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of bestow.

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Other Word Forms

unbestowed adjective
well-bestowed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bestowed¹

bestow ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Much of this was the work of “the father of the port,” Phineas Banning, an indefatigable Wilmington, Del., native who bestowed that town’s name on the one he founded here.

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As Frederick Douglass once wrote of personal freedom, "...there can be no independence without a large share of self-dependence, and this virtue cannot be bestowed. It must be developed from within."

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Sir Tom's philanthropic work saw him awarded the Carnegie Medal and he became a Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, an honour bestowed by the Pope, in 1997.

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Although he is approachable and a thoughtful, articulate interviewee, the 35-year-old prefers the quiet life to the one his sporting gifts have bestowed upon him.

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Arriving in Tampa this week, they settled into the best team hotel available — a perk bestowed to the highest seed in the tournament — and unwrapped Jordan Brand swag bags.

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bestow best part of something

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