v. Obs. Earlier form of BESTED pa. pple. Used only in passive voice; but by Spenser made a pa. t. and active pple. = BESET.
1579. E. K., in Spenser’s Sheph. Cal., Aug., 7. What the foule euill hath thee so bestadde? [gloss. disposed, ordered.]
1596. Spenser, F. Q., III. v. 22. But both attonce on both sides him bestad.
