bestead (third-person singular simple present besteads, present participle besteading, simple past besteaded, past participle bestead)
(transitive) To help, assist.
(transitive) To profit; benefit; serve; avail.
• (help; assist): aid, lend a hand; See also help
• (profit; benefit; serve; avail): bestand; See also serve
bestead (third-person singular simple present besteads, present participle besteading, simple past and past participle besteaded)
(transitive) To take the place of; replace.
bestead (not comparable)
(archaic) Placed (in a given situation); beset.
(obsolete) Disposed mentally; affected.
(obsolete) Provided; furnished.
• beasted, bed teas, bed-teas, debates
Source: Wiktionary
Be*stead", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestead or Bested, also (Obs.) Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded.] Etym: [Pref. be- + stead a place.]
1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow.
2. To put in peril; to beset.
Note: [Only in p. p.] Chaucer.
3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
