Past tense of 'bestow'; to have given, conferred, or presented as a gift or honor.
From 'bestow,' itself composed of 'be-' plus 'stow' (to place or put away). The past tense 'bestove' is archaic; modern English uses 'bestowed.'
Interestingly, 'bestove' shows an old English pattern where verbs changed vowels to show past tense (like 'sing/sang/sung'), but language evolved and now we just add '-ed' to most verbs, making 'bestove' sound old-fashioned today.
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