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Webster 1913 Edition
Bestead
Be-stead′
,Verb.
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.
[Only in p. p.]
Chaucer.
3.
To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bestead
BESTEAD'
,Verb.
T.
How little you bestead.
1.
To accommodate. They shall pass through it, hardly bestead. Is.8.
That is, distressed; perplexed.
2.
To dispose.