"bestorm" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bestorms [present, singular, third-person], bestorming [participle, present], bestormed [participle, past], bestormed [past]
Etymology: From be- + storm. Compare Old English bestyrman (“to agitate”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), West Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), Dutch bestormen (“to storm, assault, rush, attack”), German bestürmen (“to storm, besiege, bombard, inundate”), Swedish bestorma (“to besiege, attack, assail”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|storm}} be- + storm, {{cog|ang|bestyrman||to agitate}} Old English bestyrman (“to agitate”), {{cog|stq|bestoarmje||to storm; besiege}} Saterland Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), {{cog|fy|bestoarmje||to storm; besiege}} West Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), {{cog|nl|bestormen||to storm, assault, rush, attack}} Dutch bestormen (“to storm, assault, rush, attack”), {{cog|de|bestürmen||to storm, besiege, bombard, inundate}} German bestürmen (“to storm, besiege, bombard, inundate”), {{cog|sv|bestorma||to besiege, attack, assail}} Swedish bestorma (“to besiege, attack, assail”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bestorm (third-person singular simple present bestorms, present participle bestorming, simple past and past participle bestormed)
  1. (transitive) To overtake with a storm; assail with storms. Tags: transitive
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Inflected forms

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