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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BESTOWAL, n. A conferring; disposal. [Little used.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift [syn: bestowal, bestowment, conferral, conferment]
2: a gift that is bestowed or conferred [syn: bestowal, bestowment]

Merriam Webster's

noun see bestow

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bestowal Be*stow"al, n. The act of bestowing; disposal.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n.; (also bestowing, bestowment) 1. Putting, placing, stowing, stowage, storing, storage, disposing. 2. Giving, grant, granting, imparting, impartation, conferring.

Moby Thesaurus

accommodation, accordance, administration, application, applying, award, awarding, bestowment, communication, concession, conferment, conferral, contribution, deliverance, delivery, donation, dosage, dosing, endowment, enforcing, forcing, forcing on, furnishment, gifting, giving, grant, granting, impartation, impartment, investiture, liberality, meting out, offer, prescribing, presentation, presentment, provision, subscription, supplying, surrender, vouchsafement





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