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bestand

verb

Etymology

From Middle English bistanden, bestanden, from Old English bestandan, from Proto-West Germanic *bistandan, from Proto-Germanic *bistandaną (“to surround, support”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) + stand.

  1. inherited from *bistandaną✻ — “to surround, support”
  2. inherited from *bistandan✻
  3. inherited from bestandan
  4. inherited from bistanden

Definitions

  1. To stand by or near

    To stand by or near; stand around.

  2. To beset

    To beset; stand around in hostility; harass.

    • [...] that is my lord and uncle King Arthur, for he is full straitly bestood [sore beset] with a false traitor, which is my half brother Sir Mordred, [...]

  3. To surround

    To surround; encompass.

    • Wherefore the Brittishe bisshops, bestood with weapons and enemies, when thei coulde not execute all functions, and perceaved that the prelates their neighbours weare prompte to assiste them, [...]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To serve

      To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid.

      • [...] and, inherited Puritan crust of stiffness that rarely left him, and which bestood him well under the ceremonials of his mission, whether at London (1846- 49) or later (1867-74) in Berlin.
      • Would not children come kindly to such out-of-door lessons, and to such practical knowledge as would always bestand them well?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA