bestem
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bestem (third-person singular simple present bestems, present participle bestemming, simple past and past participle bestemmed)
- (transitive, archaic) To stem completely; stem all about; hinder.
- 1894, Gaius Valerius Catullus, The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus:
- 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 […]
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bestem
- inflection of bestemmen:
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bestem
- inflection of bestar: