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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
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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