1) Assist 2) Avail 3) Serve 4) To help 
• (imp. & p. p.) of Bestead • (v. t.) To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. • (v. t.) To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. • (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.
Be·stead' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bestead or Bested , also (Obsolete) Bestad . In sense 3 imperfect also Besteaded .] [ Prefix be- + stead a place.] 1. To put in a certain situation or conditio...
to help; assist; serve; avail.