Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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bestow \bih-STOH\, transitive verb:
bestow \bih-STOH\, transitive verb:
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1. To present as a gift or an honor; confer.
1. To present as a gift or an honor; confer.
2. To apply; use.
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The B.O. plans to bestow state (taxpayer) paid medical care upon those individuals that are between birth (unless it is for an abortion, then pre-birth) and sixty years old (unless it is for euthanasia)!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Bestow comes down to us from the Middle English bistowen, from bi-, be- + stowen, to place, to stow.
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