Bested

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  bested \best"ed\ adj.
     same as {defeated}.
  
     Syn: outdone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bestead \Be*stead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestead} or {Bested},
     also (Obs.) {Bestad}. In sense 3 imp. also {Besteaded}.]
     [Pref. be- + stead a place.]
     1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to
        circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.]
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              They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and
              hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God.
                                                    --Is. viii.
                                                    21.
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              Many far worse bestead than ourselves. --Barrow.
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     2. To put in peril; to beset.
  
     Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer.
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     3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "bested":
     all up with, beat, beaten, confounded, defeated, discomfited,
     done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored, hors de combat,
     lambasted, lathered, licked, on the skids, outdone, overborne,
     overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden,
     overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, put to rout, routed,
     ruined, scattered, settled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive,
     stampeded, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset, whelmed, whipped,
     worsted