bestead.
To help, assist.
Meaning & usage
To help, assist.
To profit; benefit; serve; avail.
Where this word comes from
From be- + stead (“to support, help”).
To take the place of; replace.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bisteden; equivalent to be- + stead (“place”).
Placed (in a given situation); beset.
Disposed mentally; affected.
Provided; furnished.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bistad; equivalent to be- + Old Norse staddr (“placed”), later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
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