bestowed (on or upon)

verb

past tense of bestow (on or upon)
as in conferred (on)

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  1. provided
  2. supplied
  3. clothed
  4. equipped
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  • The Navy has provided limited information about the aircraft because its technical and program details remain classified.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Garces-Perez allegedly provided his driver’s license, but ignored agents’ requests to step out of the car.
    — Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of provided
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  • Chinese manufacturers supplied less than 3% of Europe’s new turbines last year, according to the Global Wind Energy Council.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The two entered a room full of mathematicians who were well supplied with lunch, snacks, and coffee and got to work.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of supplied
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  • The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and graying hair.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Much like Olivia Colman for Miu Miu’s spring 2027 show, Lyonne embodied the brand’s spirit, clad in the designer’s pieces from head to heel.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of clothed
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  • The room is closed off, equipped with monitoring traps and subject to follow-up inspections.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The service will use shuttle buses equipped with wheelchair lifts and have areas to secure wheelchairs, Gonzalez said.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of equipped
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“Bestowed (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestowed%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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