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bestay

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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11
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11
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6

Definition of bestay

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To secure or steady; cause to come to a fixed position or state; bring to a halt or stop.
    “Mid the half-furrowed field bestay the plough, Bid the twin toilers of the yoke go free, And aught that doth thee patient servitude, From closing sabbath to its blest return, [...]”
    “Hereupon the magistrates of the town cried "Hola, hola, bestay the matter."”
    “Bestay thee, bestay thee in fighting!”

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Etymology

From be- + stay, from Middle English *stayen, steyen, from Old French estaier, estayer (“to prop, stay, support”), from estaye (“prop, support”), of Proto-Germanic origin. More at stay.

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