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ument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges. The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the "Great Charter," either gra…

the measure of a line round an area. The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles. J. Stow.

civil affairs. Civic crown (Rom. Antiq.), a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.

per; gentleness; tenderness; mercy. Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. Stowe. They had applied for the royal clemency. Macaulay.

e duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one of the parties is admitted. Lord Stowell.

To bestow or confer. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

The act of conferring or bestowing. [Obs.] Not by the collation of the king . . . but by the people. Bacon.

To direct to come; to bestow. [Obs.] I will command my blessing upon you. Lev. xxv. 21.

To grant as a possession; to bestow. The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. Milton.

One who bestows; a giver.

med or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. Hook.

That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.

n of, or to defend. You sit above, and see vain men below Contend for what you only can bestow. Dryden.

The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.

A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.

To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. [Obs.] Burton.

A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

To incorporate. [Obs.] Stow.

he women became most courageous and proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate. Stow.

eggs. [Obs.] Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel. Holland.