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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
all up with, beat, beaten, confounded, defeated, discomfited, done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored, hors de combat, lambasted, lathered, licked, on the skids, outdone, overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, put to rout, routed, ruined, scattered, settled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive, stampeded, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset, whelmed, whipped, worsted
Dictionary Results for bested:
1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bested \best"ed\ adj.
   same as defeated.

   Syn: outdone.
        [WordNet 1.5]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bestead \Be*stead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestead or Bested,
   also (Obs.) Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded.]
   [Pref. be- + stead a place.]
   1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to
      circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.]
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            They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and
            hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God.
                                                  --Is. viii.
                                                  21.
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            Many far worse bestead than ourselves. --Barrow.
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   2. To put in peril; to beset.

   Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer.
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   3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton.
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