bespeedv.
/bɪˈspiːd/ rare.
transitive. To speed, help on, prosper.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > promote or help forward (a person, plan, etc.) [verb (transitive)]
furtherc888
fremeOE
filsenc1175
fosterc1175
speeda1240
theec1250
advancec1300
upraisea1340
increasec1380
forthbearc1400
exploit?a1439
aid1502
to set forward(s)1530
farther1570
facilite1585
to set forthward1588
forward1598
facilitate1599
accommodate1611
succeed1613
bespeed1615
to set (a person) on (also upon) his (also her, etc.) legs1632
subserve1645
push1758
support1779
leg up1817
1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith 311 Men set to wooe..for others, take often opportunitie to bespeed themselues.
Derivatives
besped adj. /bɪˈspɛd/ prospered, having got on (well or ill).
/bɪˈspɛd/ prospered, having got on (well or ill).ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [adjective] > having got on well or badly
besped1796
1796 S. T. Coleridge To Unfortunate Woman i Myrtle leaf, that ill besped Pinest in the gladsome ray.
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v.1615- get the run
- get the run on
- get the run upon
- get the rush
- get the rush on a ball
- get the sack
- get the scent
- get the score
- get the scorn
- get the screaming meemies
- get the seed furrow
- get the shift
- get the shoot
- get the short end of the stick
- get the short straw
- get the show on the road
- get the silent treatment
- get the speed of
- get the spike
- get the start
- get the start of
- get the stink eye
- get the strength of
- get the sun in one's eyes
- get the sun of