Definition of beset

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

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Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..
Barbate :: Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak 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..
Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague..
Waylay :: Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush..
Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Besiege :: Besiege (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset..
Beset :: Beset (imp. & p. p.) of Bese.
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Besetment :: Besetment (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin..
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..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..
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