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bestead |
2 definitions found 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. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bestead the rendering in Isa. 8:21, where alone it occurs, of a Hebrew word meaning to oppress, or be in circumstances of hardship.