Meaning of bestay | Babel Free

Definitions

To secure or steady; cause to come to a fixed position or state; bring to a halt or stop.

transitive

Examples

“Mid the half-furrowed field bestay the plough, Bid the twin toilers of the yoke go free, And aught that doth thee patient servitude, From closing sabbath to its blest return, [...]”

“Hereupon the magistrates of the town cried "Hola, hola, bestay the matter."”

“Bestay thee, bestay thee in fighting!”

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