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bestow

 
Verb bestow has 3 senses
  1. confer, bestow - present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"
    --1 is one way to award, present
    Derived forms: noun bestowment2, noun bestowal1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something on somebody
  2. bestow - give as a gift
    --2 is one way to
    give
    Derived form: noun bestowment1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something on somebody
  3. lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
    --3 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
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