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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Be- :: Be- () To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.
Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..
Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..
Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Barbate :: Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.
Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.
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..
Bestad :: Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
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..
Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..
Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..
Persecute :: Persecute (v. t.) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship..
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