bestead

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: be=stead

CIDE DICTIONARY

bestead, v. t. [Pref. be- + stead a place.].

•  To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place.  [1913 Webster]

  "They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God."  [1913 Webster]

  "Many far worse bestead than ourselves."  [1913 Webster]
•  To put in peril; to beset.

  "[Only in p. p.]"  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
•  To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

bestead

Utility

VB be useful, avail, serve, subserve, conduce, answer, serve one's turn, answer a purpose, serve a purpose, act a part, perform a function, discharge a function, render a service, render good service, render yeoman's service, bestead, stand one in good stead be the making of, help, bear fruit, bring grist to the mill, profit, remunerate, benefit, find one's account in, find one's advantage in, reap the benefit of, render useful.