bestead

bestead is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow.

[2] To put in peril; to beset.

[3] To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. Milton.

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