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Best [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. superlative. [Eng.but; ] Literally, most advanced, Hence,

2. Most good; having good qualities in the highest degree; applied indifferently to physical or moral subjects; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities. This, like most, and other attributes, is often used without its noun, when the noun is obvious; as, men are all sinners; the best of them fail in the performance of duty.

3. Most advanced; most accurate; as the best scholar.

4. Most correct or complete; as the best view of a landscape, or of a subject.

5. The best This phrase is elliptical, and may be variously interpreted; as, the utmost power; the strongest endeavor; the most, the highest perfection; as, let a man do his best; let him do a thing to the best of his power.

6. At best in the best manner, in the utmost degree or extent, applicable to the case; as, life is at best very short.

7. To make the best of, to carry to its greatest perfection; to improve to the utmost; as, to make the best of a sum of money, or a piece of land. Also, to permit the least possible inconvenience; as, to make the best of ill fortune or a bad bargain.

8. The best of the way. We had made the best of our way to the city; that is, the most, the greatest part of the distance. [This is the primary sense of the word.]

Best [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In the highest degree; beyond all other; as, to love one best; to like this best; to please best

2. To the advantage; with the most ease; as, 'which instrument can you best use?'

3. With most profit or success; as, money is best employed in manufactures; this medicine will answer best in the present case.

4. Most intimately or particularly; most correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.

Best [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.

2. Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.

3. Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.

Best [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.

Best [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. In the highest degree; beyond all others.

2. To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety.

3. Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.

Best [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To get the better of.

Best-tempered [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having the most kind or mild temper.

Bestad Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bestad [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Beset; put in peril.

Bestain [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To mark with stains; to discolor, either the whole surface of a thing, or in spots.

Bestain [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To stain.

Bestar [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as with, stars; to bestud.

Bestarred [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bestead [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. bested' preterit tense and participle passive bested. [be and stead.] To profit.

2. How little you bestead

3. To accommodate.

4. They shall pass through it, hardly bestead Isaiah 8:21 .

5. That is, distressed; perplexed.

6. To dispose.

Bestead [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bestead [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place.

2. To put in peril; to beset.

3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.

Besteaded Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bested Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bestial [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.

2. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; carnal; as a bestial appetite.

Bestial [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.

2. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.

Bestial [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial.

Bestiality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The quality of beasts; the state or manners of man which resemble those of brutes.

2. Unnatural connection with a beast.

Bestiality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The state or quality of being bestial.

2. Unnatural connection with a beast.

Bestialize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To make like a beast.

Bestialize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize.

Bestialized [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bestializing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bestially [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Brutally; in a manner below humanity.

Bestially [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a bestial manner.

Bestick [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. preterit tense and participle passive bestuck. [be and stick.]

2. To stick over, as with sharp points; to mark, by infixing points or spots here and there.

3. Truth shall retire, bestuck with slanderous darts.

Bestick [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.

Besticking [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bestill [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make still.

Bestir [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

bestur' [be and stir.] To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; usually with the reciprocal pronoun; as, rise and bestir yourselves.

Bestir [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.

Bestirred [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Roused into vigorous action; quickened in action.

Bestirred [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Goodness Roget’s Thesaurus §648

N. goodness, excellence, merit, virtue, value, worth, price, super-excellence, supereminence, superiority, perfection, coup de maitre, masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, a1, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth, champion, prodigy, tidbit, gem, gem of the first water, bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure, good thing, rara avis, one in a thousand, beneficence, good man

V. be beneficial, produce good, do good, profit, benefit, confer a benefit, be the making of, do a world of good, make a man of, produce a good effect, do a good turn, confer an obligation, improve, do no harm, break no bones, be good, excel, transcend, bear away the bell, stand the proof, stand the test, pass muster, pass an examination, challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival

Adj. harmless, hurtless, unobnoxious, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive, beneficial, valuable, of value, serviceable, advantageous, edifying, profitable, salutary, favorable, propitious, fair, good, good as gold, excellent, better, superior, above par, nice, fine, genuine, best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless, unparagoned, unparalleled, superlatively, good, bully*, crackajack*, giltedged, superfine, superexcellent, of the first water, first-rate, first-class, high- wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal, standard, inimitable, admirable, estimable, praiseworthy, pleasing, couleur de rose, precious, of great price, costly, worth its weight in gold, worth a jew's eye, priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye, tolerable, up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, satisfactory, tidy, in good condition, in fair condition, fresh, sound

Adv. beneficially, well

Phr. "jewels five words long", "long may such goodness live!", "the luxury of doing good"

Perfection Roget’s Thesaurus §650

N. perfection, perfectness, indefectibility, impeccancy, impeccability, pink, beau ideal, phenix, paragon, pink of perfection, acme of perfection, ne plus ultra, summit, cygne noir, philosopher's stone, chrysolite, koh-i-noor, model, standard, pattern, mirror, admirable crichton, trump, very prince of, masterpiece, superexcellence, transcendence

V. be perfect, transcend, bring to perfection, perfect, ripen, mature, complete &, c, 729, put in trim, maturate

Adj. perfect, faultless, indefective, indeficient, indefectible, immaculate, spotless, impeccable, free from imperfection, unblemished, uninjured, sound, sound as a roach, in perfect condition, scathless, intact, harmless, seaworthy, right as a trivet, in seipso totus teres atque rotundus, consummate, finished, best, model, standard, inimitable, unparagoned, unparalleled, superhuman, divine, beyond all praise, sans peur et sans reproche, adv, to perfection, perfectly, ad unguem, clean, - as a whistle, phr, "let us go on unto perfection", "the perfection of art is to conceal art"

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Genesis 4:4

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

Genesis 43:11

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Genesis 45:18

And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’

Genesis 45:20

Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

Genesis 45:23

And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.

Genesis 47:6

The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

Genesis 47:11

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Exodus 14:7

And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

Exodus 22:5

If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.

Exodus 23:19

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 32:29

For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”

Exodus 34:26

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Numbers 18:12

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.

I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.

Numbers 18:29

Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’

Numbers 18:30

Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.

Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.

Numbers 18:32

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”

Numbers 36:6

This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.

Deuteronomy 14:26

And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.

Deuteronomy 23:16

He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.

Deuteronomy 33:15

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,