Beset

[bɪ'set] or [bɪ'sɛt]

Definition

(verb.) assail or attack on all sides: 'The zebra was beset by leopards'.

Checker: Rowena--From WordNet

Definition

(imp. & p. p.) of Beset

(v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.

(v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

(v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc.

(v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.

Checker: Zachariah

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, besiege, hem in.[2]. Embarrass, perplex, entangle.

Edited by Clare

Definition

v.t. to surround or set round with anything (now only in pa.p.): to surround with hostile intentions to besiege: to occupy so as to allow none to go out or in: to assail perplex endanger as by temptations obstacles &c.:—pr.p. beset′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. beset′.—ns. Beset′ment; Beset′ter.—p.adj. Beset′ting that besets as in 'besetting sin.'

Typist: Manfred

Examples

Edited by Everett

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