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   bestow

   /bɪˈstəʊ/

   verb

   • 1. confer or present (an honour, right, or gift): "the office was bestowed on him by the monarch of this realm"
   • ▪ put (something) in a specified place: "stooping to bestow the presents into eager hands"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘use for, devote to’): from be- (as an intensifier) + Old English stōw ‘place’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bestowal noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • W

     4

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