bestem

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ stem.

Verb

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

  1. (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 […]

Dutch

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Verb

bestem

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bestemmen
  2. imperative of bestemmen

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German

Adjective

bestem

  1. inflected form of gut

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bestem

  1. imperative of bestemme
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