Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, obsolete, rare)To steal, move stealthily.

Origin

From Middle English bistelen, from Old English bestelan, from Proto-West Germanic *bestela

From Middle English bistelen, from Old English bestelan, from Proto-West Germanic *bestelan, from Proto-Germanic *bistelaną, corresponding to be- (“off, away”) + steal. Cognate with Saterland Frisian besteele, Dutch bestelen, German Low German bestehlen, Luxembourgish bestielen, German bestehlen, Swedish bestjäla (“to rob”).

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Forms

besteals, bestealing, bestole, bestolen
Base formbesteal · to besteal
3rd person singularbesteals
Present participlebestealing
Past simplebestole
Past participlebestolen

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybesteal
he, she, itbesteals

Past simpleLesson

all personsbestole

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bestolen
he, she, ithas bestolen

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill besteal

Synonyms

1 synonyms
steal away

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bestA1bestiebestowB2bestsellerB2
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