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bestained

bestained adjective: stained all over, completely stained or discoloured. Also the simple past and past participle of bestain.

Adjective

bestained (comparative more bestained, superlative most bestained)

  1. Stained all over, completely stained or discoloured.
    • sin-bestained

Also used as

bestained is also the simple past and past participle of bestain.

Forms of bestained

comparativemore bestained
superlativemost bestained

Origin of bestained

From Middle English besteined, besteyned, equivalent to be- + stained.

From bestain + -ed.

Questions about bestained

What does bestained mean?
Bestained means stained all over, completely stained or discoloured.
What part of speech is bestained?
Bestained is an adjective.

Words near bestained in the dictionary

  1. bestaggering
  2. bestaggers
  3. bestagon
  4. bestagons
  5. bestain
  6. bestained
  7. bestaining
  8. bestains
  9. bestand
  10. bestanding
  11. bestands

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