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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Urgent :: Urgent (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important..
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.
Besetment :: Besetment (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin..
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..
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..
Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..
Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Cactus :: Cactus (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Beset :: Beset (imp. & p. p.) of Bese.
Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.
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..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
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..
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