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An advance of; farther onward, in place or time. The golden age . . . is before us. Carlyle.

To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of. The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. Locke.

A place of shelter; protection; refuge. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [Also written bield and beeld.] The random beild o' clod or stane. Burns.

To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind. Shak.

mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine. Our conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty). Milton. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets Acts xxvi. Often followed by…

A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.

of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. Luke ix. 10. The mighty men which belonged to David. 1 Kings i. 8.

Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak.

A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. Sir W. Scott.

Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." Ex. xxxii. 19. Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. Pope.

The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.

A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.

To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow.

To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put. "He bestowed it in a pouch." Sir W. Scott. See that the women are bestowed in safety. Byron.

A place of worship; a hallowed spot. S. F. Adams.

Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. If things should go so between them. Bacon.

The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.

A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope.