besteken

From Middle Dutch bestēken. Equivalent to be- +‎ steken.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbəˈsteː.kə(n)/
• Hyphenation: be‧ste‧ken
• Rhymes: -eːkən

besteken

1. (transitive) to stab
2. (transitive) to attack by stabbing
3. (transitive) to attach by stabbing
4. (transitive, Southern) to grant, to gift
5. (transitive, rare) to devise, to plot
6. (transitive, obsolete) to restrict, bar, fence off