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Meaning of bestem | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To stem completely; stem all about; hinder.

archaic, transitive

Equivalents

Português bestem

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 […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

bestemmed bestems bestep bestepped bestepping besteps

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