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bestarred, ppl. a.|bɪˈstɑːd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Spangled or studded as with stars.
c1655Mennis Oberon's Appar. in Arb. Garner I. 18 A rich mantle..Bestarred over with a few Diamond drops of morning dew. 1876Black Madcap V. xlvi. 390 Sheltered woods, bestarred with anemones.
2. Decorated with the star of an order.
1860All Y. Round No. 52. 34 The bestarred,..jewelled,.. throng. 1861Sala Tw. round Clock 298 A crowd of..bestarred and be-ribboned ministers.
3. ill-bestarred, for the more usual ill-starred.
a1834Coleridge Charac., Alas poor Bird! and ill-bestarred. |