bested

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Now sore bested, against a puissant peer:

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  • Her head, gilded by the light, was bent slightly as if she had been bested or beaten in some serious game. —  Martha Grimes - The Old Silent
  • May we not say that, in matter of religion too, Friedrich was but ill-bested? —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
  • And because an artistic work is unlikely to be duplicated, that puzzle piece is unlikely to be bested or at least proven imperfect. —  A Motley Vision
  • We bested our overclocking records we achieved with Nvidia's 780a reaching 3. 2GHz on the Phenom 9850BE and 3. 4GHz on the 9950BE. —  AMDZone Frontpage
  • Terminator took a major hit in its new time slot while Eliza Dushku was bested by the —  TV Envy
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