What does besow mean?
Besow means (transitive) To sow; sow all around or about; scatter; disperse; plant..
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/bɪˈsəʊ/ · verb
(transitive) To sow; sow all around or about; scatter; disperse; plant..
[...] is to miss for him all the advantage our civilization is prepared to besow upon his childhood.
Use besow when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Besow means (transitive) To sow; sow all around or about; scatter; disperse; plant..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[...] is to miss for him all the advantage our civilization is prepared to besow upon his childhood.
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