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Definition: Besteaded
Bestead
\Be*stead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bestead or
Bested,
also (Obs.)
Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also
Besteaded.]
[Pref. be- + stead a place.]
1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to
circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.]
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They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and
hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God.
--Is. viii.
21.
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Many far worse bestead than ourselves. --Barrow.
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2. To put in peril; to beset.
Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer.
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3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton.
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