Bestow vs Granted - What's the difference?
bestow | granted |
To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.
* 1611 , King James Bible, Luke 12:17:
* 1977 , ", HarperCollins, page 358:
To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
* 1838 , Ben Jonson, The works of Ben Jonson :
To dispose of.
* 1810 , Robert Dodsley, Sir Walter Scott, The Ancient British drama :
To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone as a gift or honour.
* 2008 , , Userfriendly.org , “
* 1831 , (Mary Shelley),
To give in marriage.
To apply; make use of; use; employ.
* 1887 , John Marston, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of John Marston :
(obsolete) To behave or deport.
(grant)
Given, awarded.
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(used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument)
As verbs the difference between bestow and granted
is that bestow is to lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place while granted is (grant).As an adverb granted is
.As a preposition granted is
(used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument).bestow
English
Verb
(en verb)- And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.
- Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed .
- Well, my masters, I'll leave him with you; now I see him bestowed , I'll go look for my goods, and Numps.
- Here are blank warrants of all dispositions; give me but the name and nature of your malefactor, and I'll bestow him according to his merits.
- Medals were bestowed on the winning team.
The Large Hadron Collider Game”
- CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space.
- Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.
- [...] I determine to bestow Some time in learning languages abroad; [...]
Derived terms
* * * * *granted
English
Verb
(head)- He was granted a patent on his invention.
Adverb
(-)- He's a good student and usually does well. Granted , he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.
- ''"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted ."
Preposition
(English prepositions)- Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.
- Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.
