Bestow: alternatives and connections

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

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One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

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To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.

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Alt. of Mitre

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A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin met…

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To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.

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The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.

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The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.

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One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.

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One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.

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To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

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To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

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To bring together for comparison; to compare.

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To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) f…

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To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warm…

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To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.

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