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Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To stand by or near; stand around.
2. fiil To beset; stand around in hostility; harass.

   “[...] that is my lord and uncle King Arthur, for he is full straitly bestood [sore beset] with a false traitor, which is my half brother Sir Mordred, [...]”

3. fiil To surround; encompass.

   “Wherefore the Brittishe bisshops, bestood with weapons and enemies, when thei coulde not execute all functions, and perceaved that the prelates their neighbours weare prompte to assiste them, [...]”

4. fiil To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid.

   “[...] and, inherited Puritan crust of stiffness that rarely left him, and which bestood him well under the ceremonials of his mission, whether at London (1846- 49) or later (1867-74) in Berlin.”