(v. t.) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.
(v. t.) To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.
(v. t.) To expend, as money.
(v. t.) To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
(v. t.) To give in marriage.
(v. t.) To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the other hand, the expectation that authority will be bestowed by market forces following a miraculous ‘‘transfer of wealth’’ does suggest an alternative route to normal democratic processes: theocracy via plutocracy.
(2) It’s one of the social benefits government bestows on the old, like free bus passes and the winter fuel allowance,” she added.
(3) The favours Icac found that Macdonald bestowed on his friend included inside knowledge of the granting of the mining tenement of Mount Penny and the expression-of-interest process for mining exploration licences in the area.
(4) Obama and Cameron's display of unity on Afghanistan came during a visit in which the US president pushed the boundaries of protocol, bestowing on Cameron a lavish state dinner at the White House and issuing his most enthusiastic endorsement yet of the "rock solid" Anglo-American special relationship.
(5) Recipes for " tomato burgers " (bestowing this fruit sandwich with the holy title of "burger" is an affront to cows everywhere), help on undergoing a " friendship divorce ", extortionate travel guides … Goop covers a lot of ground.
(6) That theory, however, is not supported by the evidence that is available to me.” Putin's disturbing message for the west: your rules don't apply Read more Though he concedes it is not in itself proof of agency, Owen notes that in the years since 2006, “the Russian state in general, and President Putin in particular”, have bestowed particular favour on Lugovoi, including giving him a medal for “services to the fatherland” while the inquiry was happening last year.
(7) West Ham United Accounts of WH Holding Ltd for the year to 31 May 2015 • Ownership David Sullivan 51.1%; David Gold 35.1%; CB Holding ehf 10% • Turnover 9th highest in League £121m , up from £115m in 2014 • Income Match income and football related £20m; Commercial £15m; Premier League & broadcasting £79m; Retail & merchandising £7m • Wage bill Joint 12th highest in League £73m , up from £64m in 2014 • Wages as proportion of turnover 60% • Profit before tax £3m , following £10m profit in 2014 • Net debt £67m • Interest payable £6m • Highest-paid director Unnamed, £646,000 (Karren Brady is the executive vice-chairman) State they are in: The figures for West Ham’s occupation of the £701m, 60,000-seat Olympic stadium , disclosed after dogged persistence by Freedom of Information campaigners supporting other clubs, have confirmed it as the greatest public money bonanza ever bestowed on a football club.
(8) While Andrew benefited from the privilege bestowed by a British royal title, Epstein’s ascent is a classic American success story.
(9) It's probably just a fire in one of the townships.” Following Torino, Seoul and Helsinki, Cape Town is the fourth city to be awarded the title of World Design Capital, an accolade bestowed by the Montreal-based International Council for Societies of Industrial Design , which charges a hefty fee to honour a different city with its logo each year.
(10) Donald Trump abandons press pool again as he plays golf at Florida club Read more Cinque runs the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, a company whose primary action is to bestow Star Diamond awards, “the most prestigious award of true excellence in hospitality”, according to its website .
(11) The swanky Royal Harbour (a title bestowed on it by George IV in 1821) and marina (where you can get your fish and chips and ice-creams) is right next door and there are children's rides on the beach itself.
(12) On August 15, 1991, the Association of Medical Illustrators bestowed its highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, on Ernest W. Beck.
(13) Astrologers posit that babies born under each sign are bestowed with unique personality traits – rat-year babies are cautious, dragon babies resilient, dog babies intelligent, and sheep babies are considered meek.
(14) After all, if you’re going to claim to be the best hockey country on Earth, shouldn’t that title be bestowed at Earth’s biggest sporting event?
(15) But let’s not convince ourselves the rest are credible – punishment sensibly bestowed on the scrounging unemployed.
(16) Malcolm Turnbull asks for investigation into minister Stuart Robert's China trip Read more A media release issued by China MinMetals Corporation said Robert had extended his congratulations “on behalf of the Australian Department of Defence” and had presented “a medal bestowed to him by Australian prime minister in honour of remembrance and blessing”.
(17) The first woman to be awarded the prestigious gong in her own right, the 64-year-old earned a place as one of the most sought-after architects in the world, having bestowed her trademark blobs on cityscapes from Baku to Guangzhou This article was amended on 25 September 2015.
(18) The company said the minister had presented Minmetals chairman Zhou Zhongshu “a medal bestowed to him by Australian prime minister in honor of remembrance and blessing” and also “awarded the letter of appointment” of an exploration technical committee.
(19) More than mere appreciation of corporeal attributes, ours is a reverence which perceptually bestows a halo effect of associated virtues.
(20) The scene is based on the account of Jesus' birth in the gospel of Matthew, though Matthew does not record a mishap whereby the magi accidentally bestow their gifts on Terry Jones in a dress.
Divulge
Definition:
(v. t.) To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.
(v. t.) To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
(v. t.) To impart; to communicate.
(v. i.) To become publicly known.
Example Sentences:
(1) People are not willing to use online booking forms, not willing to divulge their details.
(2) It may be that these two methods divulge different information regarding the electrophysiologic state of the myocardium.
(3) As a responsible company, we would not divulge details of individual cases."
(4) Independent security expert Graham Cluley told the Guardian suggested that a hacker could have worked for years to gather information leading to the images, or could have hacked an address book with celebrity emails and then used phishing techniques, where users are tricked into divulging their password by fake emails.
(5) Ratner also asks whether the California-based company did anything to challenge the warrants and whether it has received any further data demands it has yet to divulge.
(6) The middle ground is to divulge what the law requires.” Lynch’s Justice Department currently is fighting Apple in a federal court over the company has to weaken an iPhone’s security controls to make it easier for investigators to guess the passcode, which Apple doesn’t have.
(7) Yahoo filed a suit in the Fisa court on 9 September, joining Microsoft, Google and others in an attempt to force the court to allow them to divulge more information and preserve their reputations.
(8) He has not published detailed clinical reports, divulged the details of his methods, published meaningful statistics, conducted a controlled trial, nor provided independent investigators with specimens of his treatment materials for analysis.
(9) Just hours after her admission, two Australian radio DJs impersonating the Queen and Prince of Wales duped hospital staff into divulging intimate medical details.
(10) He is under intense pressure to divulge the name of one of his sources at the criminal leak trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA agent who is another of the Espionage Act eight.
(11) She didn’t divulge names or any possible actors, however.
(12) It is acknowledged that new legal procedures will be required to ensure that those who attend such hearings do not divulge details until they are reportable.
(13) However, Samsung has been obliged to divulge details of US shipments for a wide range of allegedly infringing phones and tablets.
(14) The program's confidentiality prevented him from divulging any identifying information, Dr. Fluharty replied.
(15) Perhaps the cause really is proving harder to establish than whatever the black boxes have so far divulged.
(16) Francis said that if the police confirmed he would not be investigated for divulging official secrets, he would then talk to Hogan-Howe or Creedon to see if they could offer assurances that the investigation would be completed properly.
(17) Research firm CreditSights said it expected a benign market reaction to the European tests, given the amount of information divulged by individual banks: "Controversy remains over the treatment of sovereign risks, but private sector loan losses look to have been adequately factored in.
(18) Sussex police does not divulge dealings with individual members of the public but said that it investigated all complaints against the force.
(19) Another claimed: “Isis is already here, we are in your PCs, in each military base.” Central Command said it viewed the hack as “purely an act of vandalism,” adding that no classified information divulged or operational networks had been affected.
(20) Evidence suggests nurses experience communication difficulties and frequently block patients from divulging their worries or concerns.