Definition of Bestead

1. v. t. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place.

Definition of Bestead

1. Verb. (transitive) To help, assist. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To profit; benefit; serve; avail. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To take the place of; replace. ¹

4. Adjective. (archaic) Placed (in a given situation); beset. ¹

5. Adjective. (obsolete) Disposed mentally; affected. ¹

6. Adjective. (obsolete) Provided; furnished. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bestead

1. to help [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: help

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestead

best seller
best thing since sliced bread
best thing since sliced pan
bestad
bestadde
bestain
bestained
bestains
bestand
bestar
bestarred
bestarring
bestars
bestatin
bestay
bestead (current term)
besteaded
besteading
besteads
besteal
bestealing
besteals
bested
bestep
bestest
bestial
bestialise
bestialities
bestialization

Literary usage of Bestead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Challenge of the Present Crisis by Harry Emerson Fosdick (1917)
"The Cause of Christ is hard bestead and righteousness is having a heavy battle in the earth—they need you. ..."

2. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"... about him Dr sprawled about, bleeding from many a lay 315 wound, But still the others held him well at bay, Nor had he been bestead thus ere that day. ..."

3. Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1876)
"Ye who are " hardly bestead and hungry," reach forth your hand, and open your heart, that God Himself may fill them out of His rich abundance. ..."

4. The Whole Works ; with an Essay Biographical and Critical by Jeremy Taylor (1835)
"... nor well-feed lawyers to defend his process ; only his good works shall bestead him, and they only shall defend him. There, when their treasures, ..."

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