bestowment (bestoment)

[ They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments . IMG:content-1995.png:[ocr errors] bestraddle (bē-strad'l), v. t. [ To bestride. See straddle . bestraughtt (bē-str at'), pp. [A modification of distraught, with prefix be- for dis-: see dis traught.] Distracted; mad: as, "I am not bestraught," Shak., T. of the S., Ind., ii. bestraught edt (bē-strated), a. [Irreg. bestreak (bē-strēk'), v. t. [ To mark or cover with streaks. bestrew, bestrow (bē-strö', -stro'), v. t.; pret. bestrewed, bestrowed, pp. bestrewed, bestrewn, bestrowed, bestrown, ppr. bestrewing, bestrowing. [ Those blo oms also, and those dropping gums, That lie bestrown. Milton , P. L., iv. 631. 2. To strew anything upon; cover or partially cover with things strewn or scattered. Discord shall bestrew The union of your bed with weeds so loathly, That you shall hate it both. Shak ., Tempest, iv. 1. Strip the bough whose mellow fruit bestrews The ripening corn beneath it. Words worth, Between Namur and Liege. bestrid (bē-strid'). Preterit and past participle of bestride . dle.] To envelop in swaddling-clothes. W. Whitehead.