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bestems

bestems is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bestem.

Meaning of bestem

Verb

bestem (third-person singular simple present bestems, present participle bestemming, simple past and past participle bestemmed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To stem completely; stem all about; hinder.
    • 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 […]1894, Gaius Valerius Catullus, The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus

Questions about bestems

What is bestems the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bestems is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bestem.

Words near bestems in the dictionary

  1. besteals
  2. bested
  3. besteer
  4. bestem
  5. bestemmed
  6. bestems
  7. bestep
  8. bestepped
  9. bestepping
  10. besteps
  11. bester

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