bestand
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Verb — To stand close to or around something.
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English bistanden, bestanden, from Old English bestandan, from Proto-West Germanic *bistandan, from Proto-Germanic *bistandaną ("to surround, support"), equivalent to be- ("around, by") + stand.
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