Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bestay
Participle: bestayed
Gerund: bestaying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bestay |
| you | bestay |
| he;she;it | bestays |
| we | bestay |
| you | bestay |
| they | bestay |
Perfect
| I | have bestayed |
| you | have bestayed |
| he;she;it | has bestayed |
| we | have bestayed |
| you | have bestayed |
| they | have bestayed |
Past
| I | bestayed |
| you | bestayed |
| he;she;it | bestayed |
| we | bestayed |
| you | bestayed |
| they | bestayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bestayed |
| you | had bestayed |
| he;she;it | had bestayed |
| we | had bestayed |
| you | had bestayed |
| they | had bestayed |
Future
| I | will bestay |
| you | will bestay |
| he;she;it | will bestay |
| we | will bestay |
| you | will bestay |
| they | will bestay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bestayed |
| you | will have bestayed |
| he;she;it | will have bestayed |
| we | will have bestayed |
| you | will have bestayed |
| they | will have bestayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bestay |
| you | bestay |
| he;she;it | bestay |
| we | bestay |
| you | bestay |
| they | bestay |
Perfect
| I | have bestayed |
| you | have bestayed |
| he;she;it | have bestayed |
| we | have bestayed |
| you | have bestayed |
| they | have bestayed |
Imperfect
| I | bestayed |
| you | bestayed |
| he;she;it | bestayed |
| we | bestayed |
| you | bestayed |
| they | bestayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bestayed |
| you | had bestayed |
| he;she;it | had bestayed |
| we | had bestayed |
| you | had bestayed |
| they | had bestayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bestay |
| you | would bestay |
| he;she;it | would bestay |
| we | would bestay |
| you | would bestay |
| they | would bestay |
Perfect
| I | would have bestayed |
| you | would have bestayed |
| he;she;it | would have bestayed |
| we | would have bestayed |
| you | would have bestayed |
| they | would have bestayed |
Imperative
| you | bestay |
| we | Let's bestay |
| you | bestay |
Verbs conjugated like 'bestay'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bestay'
besay,
bestar,
bebay,
begay,
belay,
benday,
beray,
beslap,
bespy,
best,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From be- + stay, from Middle English *stayen, steyen, from Old French estaier, estayer (“to prop, stay, support”), from estaye (“prop, support”), of Proto-Germanic origin. More at stay.
Sample Sentences
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Mid the half-furrowed field bestay the plough, Bid the twin toilers of the yoke go free, And aught that doth thee patient servitude, From closing sabbath to its blest return, [...] [1834, Theodore Sedwick Fay, George Pope Morris, Samuel Woodworth, New-York mirror:]
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Hereupon the magistrates of the town cried "Hola, hola, bestay the matter." [1874, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Calendar of state papers, foreign series, of the reign of Elizabeth:]
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Bestay thee, bestay thee in fighting! [1940, Thornwell Jacobs, Red lanterns on St. Michael's:]