bestead

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To help, assist.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To profit; benefit; serve; avail.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To take the place of; replace.
  4. Adjective.  (archaic) Placed (in a given situation); beset.
  5. Adjective.  (obsolete) Disposed mentally; affected.
  6. Adjective.  (obsolete) Provided; furnished.

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