Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bestowment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bestowment \Be*stow"ment\, n.
1. The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.
If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this
view. --Chauncy.
2. That which is given or bestowed.
They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to
God's own bestowments. --I. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bestowment
n 1: a gift that is bestowed or conferred [syn: {bestowal}]
2: the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift [syn: {bestowal},
{conferral}, {conferment}]
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