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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    bested \best"ed\ adj. same as defeated.

    Syn: outdone. [WordNet 1.5]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    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.] [1913 Webster]

    They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. --Is. viii. 21. [1913 Webster]

    Many far worse bestead than ourselves. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]

    2. To put in peril; to beset.

    Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

    3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton. [1913 Webster]