bestand

verb4

1. •
   To stand by or near; stand around.
2. •
   To surround; encompass.

   • Wherefore the Brittishe bisshops, bestood with weapons and enemies, when thei coulde not execute all functions, and perceaved that the prelates their neighbours weare prompte to assiste them, [...] — 1846
3. •
   To beset; stand around in hostility; harass.

   • [...] that is my lord and uncle King Arthur, for he is full straitly bestood [sore beset] with a false traitor, which is my half brother Sir Mordred, [...] — 1880
4. •
   To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid.

   • [...] and, inherited Puritan crust of stiffness that rarely left him, and which bestood him well under the ceremonials of his mission, whether at London (1846- 49) or later (1867-74) in Berlin. — 1904