Bestem
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Bestem is a verb meaning (transitive, archaic) To stem completely; stem all about; hinder.
Meaning
(transitive, archaic) To stem completely; stem all about; hinder.
Example Sentences
Whence she might overglance the boundless boiling of billows, / Then she would rush to bestem the salt-plain's quivering wavelet / And from her ankles bare the dainty garment uplifting, / Spake she these words […]
Word Forms
- bestems
- bestemming
- bestemmed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stem, restem, destem, stanch, forstop, instop.
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