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SYLLABICATION:be·stead
PRONUNCIATION:  b-std
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: be·stead·ed or be·stead, be·stead·ing, be·steads
1. Archaic To be of service to; aid. 2. To be of use to; avail.
ADJECTIVE: Having been placed; located.
ETYMOLOGY:Probably be– + stead, to help. Adj., from Middle English bistad, placed : bi-, be- + -stad (ultimately from Old Norse staddr, placed, past participle of stedhja, to stop, from stadhr, place; see st- in Appendix I).
 
 
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