Bestow
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Middle English (in the sense ‘use for, devote to’): from be- (as an intensifier) + Old English stōw ‘place’.
wiktionary
From Middle English bestowen, bistowen; equivalent to be-(“on, over, about”) + stow(“to put something away”).
etymonline
bestow (v.)
early 14c., bistowen "give, confer" (alms, etc.), from be- + stowen "to place" (see stow). Related: Bestowed; bestowing; bestower.
