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Be*stow"al (&?;), n. The act of bestowing; disposal.

Be*stow"er (&?;), n. One that bestows.

Be*stow"ment (&?;), n. 1. The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.

If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view. Chauncy.

2. That which is given or bestowed.

They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments. I. Taylor.

Be*strad"dle (&?;), v. t. To bestride.

Be*straught" (&?;), a. [Pref. be- + straught; prob. here used for distraught.] Out of one's senses; distracted; mad. [Obs.] Shak.

Be*streak" (&?;), v. t. To streak.

Be*strew" (&?;), v. t. [imp. Bestrewed (&?;); p. p. Bestrewed, Bestrown (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bestrewing.] To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. [Spelt also bestrow.] Milton.

Be*stride" (&?;), v. t. [imp. Bestrode (&?;), (Obs. or R.) Bestrid (&?;); p. p. Bestridden (&?;), Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestriding.] [AS. bestrdan; pref. be- + strdan to stride.] 1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over

That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. Shak.

Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus. Shak.

2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.

Be*strode" (&?;), imp. & p. p. of Bestride.

Be*strown" (&?;), p. p. of Bestrew.

Be*stuck" (&?;), imp. & p. p. Bestick.

Be*stud" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestudded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestudding.] To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud; as, to bestud with stars. Milton.

Be*swike", v. t. [AS. beswcan; be- + swcan to deceive, entice; akin to OS. swkan, OHG. swhhan, Icel. svkja.] To lure; to cheat. [Obs.] Gower.

Bet (&?;), n. [Prob. from OE. abet abetting, OF. abet, fr. abeter to excite, incite. See Abet.] That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager. "Having made his bets." Goldsmith.

Bet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bet, Betted (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Betting.] To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.

John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head. Shak.

I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it. O. W. Holmes.

Bet, imp. & p. p. of Beat. [Obs.]

Bet, a. & adv. An early form of Better. [Obs.]

To go bet, to go fast; to hurry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Be"ta*ine (&?;), n. [From beta, generic name of the beet.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.

Be*take" (&?;), v. t. [imp. Betook (&?;); p. p. Betaken (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Betaking.] [Pref. be- + take.] 1. To take or seize. [Obs.] Spenser.