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Bestand

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To stand by or near; stand around. transitive
  2. 2
    To beset; stand around in hostility; harass. transitive

    "[...] 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. 3
    To surround; encompass. transitive

    "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. 4
    To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid. transitive

    "[...] 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."

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.

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