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

Barbate :: Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.

Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).

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..

Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.

Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..

Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.

Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.

Urgent :: Urgent (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important..

Dun :: Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately..

Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.

Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

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

Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.

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..

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..

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..

Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..

Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..

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