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bestain, v.|bɪˈsteɪn| [f. be- 1 + stain v.] trans. To stain (a thing) over its surface, to mark with stains. Hence beˈstained ppl. a.
1559Mirr. Mag. 360 (R.), His skin with blood and teares so sore bestain'd. 1595Shakes. John iv. iii. 24 We will not lyne his thin bestained cloake With our pure Honors. 1869Baldw. Brown Div. Myst. i. iv. 93 The blood-drops that bestain His steps. 1877Plumptre Sophocles 133 With his spears all blood-bestained. |