0 present participle of best
1 to defeat someone in a fight or competition:
There are even those who believe such events are besting the mega-conglomerates.
I do not think that the time is yet right for a general tax on besting and gaming.
Vale had remedied their scoring trouble, with five players all besting the previous season's top scorer tally of five goals.
After her victory, besting 36 other contestants, she competed in several more international pageants.
He emerges trim and in top form, easily besting his opponent in the ring.
He has no concerns outside of besting anyone unfortunate enough to cross his path.
At season's end, he had 25 home runs, besting the previous record by four.
Besting the lady's huntsmaster in a spear-throwing contest raises him higher in her estimation and gains him a place in her bed.
