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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
bested \best"ed\ adj.
same as defeated.
Syn: outdone.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Bestead \Be*stead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestead or Bested,
also (Obs.) Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded.]
[Pref. be- + stead a place.]
1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to
circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.]
[1913 Webster]
They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and
hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God.
--Is. viii.
21.
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Many far worse bestead than ourselves. --Barrow.
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2. To put in peril; to beset.
Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer.
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3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Bestead \Be*stead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestead or Bested,
also (Obs.) Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded.]
[Pref. be- + stead a place.]
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.
Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer.
3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bested
vb.
(infl of en best ed-form)
vb.
(alt form en bestead)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
bested
vb.
(infl of en best ed-form)
vb.
(alt form en bestead)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
bested
vb.
(infl of en best ed-form)
vb.
(alt form en bestead)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
bested
vb.
(infl of en best ed-form)
vb.
(alt form en bestead)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bested
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm b est ed)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Bested /bˈɛstɪd/ راسخFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
bested /bˈɛstɪd/ geschlagen, übervorteilt see: best, bestingFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈbɛstɪd/
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "bested":
all up with, beat, beaten, confounded, defeated, discomfited,
done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored, hors de combat,
lambasted, lathered, licked, on the skids, outdone, overborne,
overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden,
overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, put to rout, routed,
ruined, scattered, settled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive,
stampeded, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset, whelmed, whipped,
worsted
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]a. 在...境遇的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 在…境遇的