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bestem
bestem
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bestem (third-person singular simple present bestems, present participle bestemming, simple past and past participle bestemmed)
- (transitive) To stem completely; stem all about; hinder.
- 1894, Gaius Valerius Catullus, The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus:
- Whence she might overglance the boundless boiling of billows, Then she would rush to bestem the salt-plain's quivering wavelet And from her ankles bare the dainty garment uplifting, Spake she these words [...]
- 1894, Gaius Valerius Catullus, The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus:
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