[ntp:questions] Update NTP on FreeBSD 8.2
Steve Kostecke
kostecke at ntp.org
Fri Feb 10 16:56:10 UTC 2012
On 2012-02-10, David J Taylor <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> FYI: "bested" is not English. "only Linux runs on more".
http://dictionary.die.net/bested
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
bested
adj : defeated in a competition [syn: outdone]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Bestead \Be*stead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestead or Bested,
also (Obs.) Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded.]
[Pref. be- + stead a place.]
1. 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.
2. To put in peril; to beset.
Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer.
3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton.
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