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One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.

The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.

To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.

laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion.

s.] Such land as ye break up for barley to sow, Two earths at the least, ere ye sow it, bestow. Tusser.

Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office. Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom. Dryden. Elective affinity or attraction (Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.

The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.

Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

d his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage. Allowing them to entail their estates. Hume. I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. Shak.

Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips.

The act of giving out or bestowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic. [R.] -- Eu*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]

Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse. -- Eu"lo*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.

In an evil manner; not well; ill. [Obs.] "Good deeds evilly bestowed." Shak.

To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.

of our age. Fuller (1660). Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. Stowe.

A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding. Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. Shak.

To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.

To bestow beforehand. [R.] King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath. Fuller.