BESTOWED Definition & Meaning

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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 ( def ).

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bestowed¹

bestow ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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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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Woods wore his Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was bestowed on him by Trump in 2019 during the president's first term.

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The honour is the same title bestowed on fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond.

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I grew up in the suburbs of New Orleans with an extreme Depression-era mentality bestowed on me by my grandmother and my mother.

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bestow best part of something

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