BESTEAD', verb transitive bested' preterit tense and participle passive bested. [be and stead.] To profit. How little you bestead 1. To accommodate. They shall pass through it, hardly bestead Isaiah 8:21. That is, distressed; perplexed. 2. To dispose.
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