BESTEAD

Etymology 1

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (help; assist): aid, lend a hand; See also help

• (profit; benefit; serve; avail): bestand; See also serve

Etymology 2

Verb

bestead (third-person singular simple present besteads, present participle besteading, simple past and past participle besteaded)

(transitive) To take the place of; replace.

Etymology 3

Adjective

bestead (not comparable)

(archaic) Placed (in a given situation); beset.

(obsolete) Disposed mentally; affected.

(obsolete) Provided; furnished.

Anagrams

• beasted, bed teas, bed-teas, debates

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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