English Dictionary: Bestad | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bestad \Be*stad"\, imp. & p. p. of {Bestead}. Beset; put in peril. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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.] 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. |