Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BE-STOW', v.t. [be and stow, a place. See Stow. Literally, to set or place.]

1. To give; to confer; to impart; with the sense of gratuity, and followed by on or upon. Consecrate yourselves to the Lord, that he may bestow on you a blessing. – Ex. xxxii. Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. – 1 Cor. xiii. 3. This word should never be followed by to.
2. To give in marriage; to dispose of. I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman. – Tatler.
3. To apply; to place for the purpose of exertion, or use; as, to bestow our whole force upon an object.
4. To lay out, or dispose of; to give in payment for; as, to bestow money for what we desire. – Deut. xiv. 26.
5. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place. I have no room where to bestow my fruits. – Luke xii.