Bestowal

Etymology

Middle English, from be- + stowe place

• stow - a place on the surface of the earth or in space; occasionally, a place in a book or writing. The word survives in the names of many towns and villages, sometimes separately, as Stow in Cambridgeshire, Stowe in Buckinghamshire, Stow-on-the-Wold

• Date: 14th century

Definitions

• 1 : to put to use : apply <bestowed his spare time on study>
• 2 : to put in a particular or appropriate place : stow
• 3 : to provide with quarters : put up
• 4 : to convey as a gift —usually used with on or upon