Usually means: Defeated or surpassed by another.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word bested:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. bested: Merriam-Webster
  2. bested: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bested: Vocabulary.com
  4. Bested, bested: Wordnik
  5. bested: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bested: Wiktionary
  7. Bested, bested: Dictionary.com
  8. bested: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Bested: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Bested: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. bested: FreeDictionary.org
  12. bested: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bested: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bested: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bested: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bested: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bested: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Bested)

verb:  Alternative form of bestead [(transitive) To help, assist.]

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