Definition of beset

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

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Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
Sundial :: Sundew (n.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort..
Besetment :: Besetment (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin..
Dun :: Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately..
Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..
Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.
Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..
Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements..
Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..
Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.
Bestad :: Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.
Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Midst :: Midst (n.) Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
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