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.
They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry:... and curse their king and their God.
Is. viii. 21.
Many far worse bestead than ourselves.
Barrow.
2. To put in peril; to beset. Chaucer.
3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. Milton.