v. rare. [f. BE- 2 + SPEED v.] trans. To speed, help on, prosper. Hence Besped ppl. a., prospered, having got on (well or ill).
c. 1630. Jackson, Creed, B IV. iv. vi. Men set to woo … for others take often opportunity to bespeed themselves.
1796. Coleridge, To Unfort. Woman, i. Myrtle leaf, that ill besped Pinest in the gladsome ray.
