verb
- to be of use or advantage to; to help or serve
Usage: archaic or literary; third person singular present tense of 'bestead'
Examples
- His knowledge of languages besteads him in his diplomatic career.
- What good besteads a person who gains the whole world but loses their integrity?
- Her quick thinking besteads the team in times of crisis.
- The old map besteads the explorer in finding the hidden route.
- Such excuses bestead no one in the long run.