Third person singular present tense of 'bestrow'; scatters or spreads things over a surface in the present.
From 'bestrow' + '-s' (third person singular present). The '-s' ending marks present tense for 'he,' 'she,' or 'it,' following standard modern English conjugation rules.
When you say 'She bestrows the garden with petals,' the '-s' makes it real and present-tense, but the word choice itself feels archaic and poetic. This mixing of modern grammar with ancient words is typical of literary English.
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