Be*stad" (&?;), imp. & p. p. of Bestead. Beset; put in peril. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Be*stain" (&?;), v. t. To stain.
Be*star" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestarred (&?;).] To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as with, stars; to bestud. "Bestarred with anemones." W. Black.
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.]
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.