Meaning of bestand | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To stand by or near; stand around.
   transitive
2. To beset; stand around in hostility; harass.
   transitive
3. To surround; encompass.
   transitive
4. To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid.
   transitive

Examples

“[...] 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, [...]”

“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, [...]”

“[...] 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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