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bestep Dec 1st 2011, 23:01 Created page with "==English== ===Alternative forms=== * {{l|en|bistep}} ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|bisteppen|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|besteppan||to tread upon, step,..." New page ==English== ===Alternative forms=== * {{l|en|bistep}} ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|bisteppen|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|besteppan||to tread upon, step, go, enter|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Germanic|bistapjanan|to enter|lang=en}}, equivalent to {{prefix|be|step}}. Cognate with {{etyl|fy|-}} {{term|bestappen|lang=fy}}. ===Verb=== {{en-verb|besteps|bestepping|'''[[bestepped]]''', '''[[bestept]]''' {{qualifier|dated}}, or '''[[bestope]]''' {{qualifier|obsolete}}|'''[[bestepped]]''', '''[[bestept]]''' {{qualifier|dated}}, or '''[[bestopen]]''' {{qualifier|obsolete}}}} # {{transitive}} To [[step]] on; step over, [[tread]] upon. #*'''1966''', State University of New York College at Fredonia. Dept. of English-Speech, ''Drama and theatre'': #*: And also it is using non-necessary spiritual attentions, because we see the dog in the way and we say "excuse me," and we notify a piddle in the street and we are worried not to '''bestep''' it. # {{intransitive}} To step; take steps; [[walk]]; [[go]]. #*'''1919''', Daniel Leavens Cady, ''Rhymes of Vermont rural life'': #*: One wintry day up drove the stage And out '''bestepped''' Miss Nancy Page, [...]

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