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bestow
1. v. To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.
2. v. To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
3. v. To dispose of.
4. v. To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
Medals were bestowed on the winning team.
5. v. To give in marriage.
6. v. To apply; make use of; use; employ.
7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.

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Bestow on me the wonders of modern medicine.

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