English Explanatory Dictionary

bestep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To step on; step over, tread upon.
  2. To step; take steps; walk.

Word forms

bestep besteps bestepping bestepped bestept

Etymology

From Middle English bisteppen, from Old English besteppan (“to tread upon, step, go, enter”), from Proto-Germanic *bistapjaną (“to enter”), equivalent to be- + step. Cognate with Dutch bestappen.

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