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Webster 1913 Edition

Bestorm

Be-storm′

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Verb.
I.
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T.
To storm.
Young.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bestorm

BESTORM'

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Verb.
I.
[be and storm.] To storm; to rage. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

bestorm

bestorm

English

Verb

bestorm ‎(third-person singular simple present bestorms, present participle bestorming, simple past and past participle bestormed)

  1. (transitive) To overtake with a storm; assail with storms.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

bestorm

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bestormen
  2. imperative of bestormen

Etymology

From be- +‎ storm. Compare Old English bestyrman ‎(“to agitate”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bestoarmje ‎(“to storm; besiege”), West Frisian bestoarmje ‎(“to storm; besiege”), Dutch bestormen ‎(“to storm, assault, rush, attack”), German bestürmen ‎(“to storm, besiege, bombard, inundate”), Swedish bestorma ‎(“to besiege, attack, assail”).

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