verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
on
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It was as if our dealings with Mr Hall had bestowed on us some sort of special status.
■ NOUN
gift
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He bestowed a precious gift , Touching Mankind's soul world-wide.
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By bestowing gifts of monopoly and protection, mercantilist policies paralyzed the body politic.
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Besides, how have you bestowed this gift ?
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The lamp genie: He could bestow the most fabulous gifts imaginable, and his power seemingly had no end.
honour
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Council leaders want to bestow the highest honour they can in recognition of Clough's achievements with Nottingham Forest.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But she did believe that her revelations had not been bestowed upon her for herself but for everybody.
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How does a woman with a large inheritance commonly bestow it on a man?
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I intend to bestow upon you unsolicited advice, my darling.
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Ishmael is still not satisfied that he has bestowed enough dignity on the profession of whaling.
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It has no other being except that which is bestowed upon it by human activity and consciousness.
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That, sadly, is a market at work, and suppressing it would only bestow the seedy glamour of the underground.
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There may be some musical magic which only practice can bestow .