Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BE-STEAD'
BEST-CON-CERT'EDBEST-GOV'ERN-ED
BE-STEAD', v.t. [bested'; pret. and pp. bested. be and stead.]
- To profit. How little you bestead. – Milton.
- To accommodate. They shall pass through it, hardly bestead. – Is. viii. That is, distressed; perplexed.
- To dispose. – Spenser.
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