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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Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.
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..
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.
Dun :: Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately..
Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..
Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..
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..
Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
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..
Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..
Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Barbate :: Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.
Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..
Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
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