vbl. sb. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the verb BESTOW. a. Placing, stowing away, putting up. b. Employment, expenditure. c. Conferment, presentation.

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1532.  Frith, Mirror (1829), 277. As touching the bestowing of thy goods.

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1542.  Brinklow, Complaynt, iv. (1874), 17. Ye shal gyue account … for the bestowyng of your ryches.

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1608.  Hieron, Wks., I. 751. Knowledge and discretion are Thy bestowings.

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1709.  Steele, Tatler, No. 9, ¶ 2. So hurried away with that strong Impulse of Bestowing, that he confers Benefits without Distinction.

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1802.  Paley, Nat. Theol. (1817), 129. The bestowing of the liquor in the hogsheads.

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