Bestead

Be·stead

Bestead

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Bestead

  1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. (Obs.)
    They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God.
    — Is. viii. 21.
    Many far worse bestead than ourselves.
  2. To put in peril; to beset.
  3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.