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Be·stead v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestead or Bested, also (Obs.) Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded.]
1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.]
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.
Note: [Only in p. p.]
3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.
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Bestead
the rendering in Isa. 8:21, where alone it occurs, of a Hebrew
word meaning to oppress, or be in circumstances of hardship.