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▪ I. bestead, v.1 (bɪˈstɛd) Also 7 bested, -steed. pa. tense besteaded. pa. pple. 6 bestedde, 9 bested, bestead. [f. be- 2 + stead v.1 to prop, support, help.] 1. trans. To help, assist, relieve.1581 Sir H. Savile Tacitus iii. xxxii. (1591) 133 They were thought to haue bestedde and helped Vitellius...
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bested
bested, bestead, pa. pple. (bɪˈstɛd) Forms: 2–3 bistaðed, -et, 3–5 bistad, 4 bisted, 4–5 bestedd(e, 4–6 bestadd(e, 4–7 bestad, 5 bistadde, bystedde, -stade, 6 bestade, 6– bestead, 8– bested. [ME. bistad, f. bi-, be- 2 + stad, later sted, ‘placed.’ a. ON. staddr pa. pple. of steðja to stop, place: se...
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hardly
hardly, adv. (ˈhɑːdlɪ) Forms: see hard a. [f. hard a. + -ly2.] In a hard manner. † 1. With energy, force, or strenuous exertion; vigorously, forcibly, violently. Obs.c 1205 Lay. 7480 Hardliche [c 1275 hardeliche] heo heowen. Ibid. 16700 Samuel þæt sweord an-hof And hærdeliche adun sloh. c 1305 St. C...
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