Bestowed in example sentence
As soon as he saw him his owner said, 'I was wondering he did not answer, for if he wasn't dead he'd have brayed when he heard us, or he'd have been no ass; but for the sake of having heard you bray to such perfection, gossip, I count the trouble I have taken to look for him well bestowed, even though I have found him dead.''It's in a good hand, gossip,' said the other; 'if the abbot sings well, the acolyte is not much behind him.'