besteadv.¹

/bɪˈstɛd/

Forms: Also 1600s bested, besteed. past tense besteaded. past participle 1500s bestedde, 1800s bested, bestead.

Etymology: < be- prefix 2 + stead v. to prop, support, help.

1. transitive. To help, assist, relieve.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)]

helpc897

filsteOE

filsenc1175

gengc1175

succourc1250

ease1330

to do succourc1374

favour1393

underset1398

supply1428

aid1450

behelp1481

adminiculate?1532

subleve1542

to help a (lame) dog over a stile1546

adjuvate1553

to stand at ——1563

assista1578

opitulate1582

stead1582

bestead1591

help out (also through)1600

serve1629

facilitate1640

auxiliate1656

juvate1708

gammon1753

lame duck1963

piggyback1968

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 133 They were thought to haue bestedde and helped Vitellius side.

1627 R. Perrot Jacobs Vowe 56 Better able by his purse..to bestead his neighbours, than they him.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 335 Who besteded him with the Kings favour.

1874 J. G. Holland Mistress of Manse xxi. 96 Sapphire nought without the red, Ruby still by blue bested.

2. To be of service or use to; to avail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > be useful to [verb (transitive)]

deserve1382

stead1571

bestead1589

serve1629

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] > be supplied with something

bestead1589

1589 Sir F. Drake's Voy. W. Ind. (R.) Great store of dry Newfoundland fish..did very greatly bestead us.

1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. xix. 128 All nights..our mantles of thick Cloth which many times besteaded us.

1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xv. 324 Little did then his pomp of plumes bestead The Azteca..Against the tempered sword.

1849 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 13 Thou vain Philosophy! Little hast thou bestead, Save to perplex the head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† besteadv.²

Etymology: < be- prefix 6 + stead n. place.

Obsolete.

To go instead of, take the place of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > supplant, replace [verb (transitive)]

fulfila1200

underplantc1200

supplanta1398

subplanta1425

recompense?a1439

supply1567

bestead1596

second1600

reimplace1611

transplace1621

displant1630

succenturiate1650

supersede1657

substitute1675

recruit1711

replace1753

displace1774

substitute1775

supplace1777

outplace1928

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. P Hys missing of the Vniuersitie Oratorship, wherin Doctor Perne besteaded him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	bestead
释义	besteadv.¹ /bɪˈstɛd/ Forms: Also 1600s bested, besteed. past tense besteaded. past participle 1500s bestedde, 1800s bested, bestead. Etymology: < be- prefix 2 + stead v. to prop, support, help. 1. transitive. To help, assist, relieve. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] helpc897 filsteOE filsenc1175 gengc1175 succourc1250 ease1330 to do succourc1374 favour1393 underset1398 supply1428 aid1450 behelp1481 adminiculate?1532 subleve1542 to help a (lame) dog over a stile1546 adjuvate1553 to stand at ——1563 assista1578 opitulate1582 stead1582 bestead1591 help out (also through)1600 serve1629 facilitate1640 auxiliate1656 juvate1708 gammon1753 lame duck1963 piggyback1968 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 133 They were thought to haue bestedde and helped Vitellius side. 1627 R. Perrot Jacobs Vowe 56 Better able by his purse..to bestead his neighbours, than they him. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 335 Who besteded him with the Kings favour. 1874 J. G. Holland Mistress of Manse xxi. 96 Sapphire nought without the red, Ruby still by blue bested. 2. To be of service or use to; to avail. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > be useful to [verb (transitive)] deserve1382 stead1571 bestead1589 serve1629 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] > be supplied with something bestead1589 1589 Sir F. Drake's Voy. W. Ind. (R.) Great store of dry Newfoundland fish..did very greatly bestead us. 1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. xix. 128 All nights..our mantles of thick Cloth which many times besteaded us. 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xv. 324 Little did then his pomp of plumes bestead The Azteca..Against the tempered sword. 1849 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 13 Thou vain Philosophy! Little hast thou bestead, Save to perplex the head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † besteadv.² Etymology: < be- prefix 6 + stead n. place. Obsolete. To go instead of, take the place of. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > supplant, replace [verb (transitive)] fulfila1200 underplantc1200 supplanta1398 subplanta1425 recompense?a1439 supply1567 bestead1596 second1600 reimplace1611 transplace1621 displant1630 succenturiate1650 supersede1657 substitute1675 recruit1711 replace1753 displace1774 substitute1775 supplace1777 outplace1928 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. P Hys missing of the Vniuersitie Oratorship, wherin Doctor Perne besteaded him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > see also also refers to : bestedbesteadadj. < v.¹1589v.²1596 see also
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