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bestow
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bestow verb accord, accredit, address, administer, afford, allot, allow, appoint, apportion, attribuere, authorize, award, be favorable to, be prodigal, bequeath, cater, cede, charter, commission, communicate, conferre, concede, confer, confer a privilege, confer distinction, consent, convey, deal, deign, deliver, dignify, dispense, dissose of, distribute, dole, donate, empower, endow, enrich, entitle, equip, extend, facilitate, facultate, favor with, finance, foster, fund, furnish, give, give a pressnt, give approval, give assent, give away, give back, give clearance, give consent, give dispensation, give freely, give leave, give one's hand to, give out, give out in shares, give permission, give power, give up, grant, grant a boon, grant a request, grant permission, gratify, hand out, hand over, heap upon, help to, honor with, impart, indulge, install, invest, issue, largiri, lavish, lend, let, license, make a benefaction, make a loan, make a present of, make provision for, mete, minister to, oblige, ordain, part with, pay tribute, permit, present, proffer, promise, provide, provision, ratify, recognize, recommend, reflect honor upon, release, relinguish, remit, render, restore, sanction, serve, show favor, shower upon, spare, spend, sponsor, submit, supply, tender, transmit, vest, vouchsafe, yield
Associated concepts: bestow a present upon
See also: bear, confer, contribute, dedicate, delegate, descend, devise, dispel, dispense, dole, endow, endue, fund, furnish, give, grant, impart, leave, mete, parcel, post, present, provide, spend, subsidize, supply, transfer, vouchsafe, yield


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Mary Baker Eddy, author of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," writes, "(Divine) Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals.
The punctuating, juridical bestowals of settler colonialism were read, like a text, with the status designations inscribed upon each one of us--"C-31, status, non-status"--co-existing with traditional Iroquois modalities of recognition: "clan, no-clan.
Jewish discussions typically expressed sadness for the attack and respect for the emotional strength of the Amish people while finding the apparently immediate and spontaneous bestowals of forgiveness morally inappropriate.
 
 
 
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