Bestem
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To stem completely; stem all about; hinder. archaic, transitive
"Whence she might overglance the boundless boiling of billows, / Then she would rush to bestem the salt-plain's quivering wavelet / And from her ankles bare the dainty garment uplifting, / Spake she these words […]"
Example
More examples"Whence she might overglance the boundless boiling of billows, / Then she would rush to bestem the salt-plain's quivering wavelet / And from her ankles bare the dainty garment uplifting, / Spake she these words […]"
Etymology
From be- + stem.
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