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bestow verb tranzitiv

1. (on, upon) a da, a acorda, a conferi (cuiva);

honours are bestowed upon him i se acordă onoruri.

2. a folosi, a utiliza; a împărţi, a aplica, a repartiza, a distribui; a chivernisi; a economisi;

time well bestowed timp folosit cum trebuie / bine chivernisit.

3. a da, a acorda, a închina, a dedica, a consacra;

to bestow attention on a problem a (acor)da atenţie unei probleme;

our state bestows concern / care (up)on the children statul nostru (se) îngrijeşte de copii;

I bestow efforts on this mă străduiesc în acest scop / în această privinţă;

(fam.) you'll bestow quite a benefit upon me o să-ţi faci o adevărată pomană cu mine.

4. a depozita, a stoca; a pune bine deoparte.

5. (înv.) a caza, a (în)cartirui; a repartiza într-o locuinţă; a găzdui, a da găzduire, adăpost (cuiva).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Every morning she went into the garden and prayed to God in heaven to bestow on her a son or a daughter.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

I, who had ever been surrounded by amiable companions, continually engaged in endeavouring to bestow mutual pleasure—I was now alone.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Her heart and her time were already quite full; she had neither leisure nor affection to bestow on Fanny.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

“To wish her dead,” said I, “may be the kindest wish that one of her own sex could bestow upon her. I am glad that time has softened you so much, Miss Dartle.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I believe she did—and I am sure she could not have bestowed her kindness on a more grateful object.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

It was a look, however, very well bestowed, for it relieved her own feelings, and gave no intelligence to him.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

If you will kill for me the Wicked Witch of the West, I will bestow upon you a great many brains, and such good brains that you will be the wisest man in all the Land of Oz.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

Every body seemed happy; and the praise of being a delightful ball, which is seldom bestowed till after a ball has ceased to be, was repeatedly given in the very beginning of the existence of this.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

The fact was, I had other things to think about; within the last few months feelings had been stirred in me so much more potent than any they could raise—pains and pleasures so much more acute and exquisite had been excited than any it was in their power to inflict or bestow—that their airs gave me no concern either for good or bad.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Gladly would I have bestowed either of my own daughters on him.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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