Definition of beset

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Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..

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Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..
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..
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..
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..
Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
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..
Be- :: Be- () To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)..
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.
Dun :: Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately..
Bestad :: Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.
Beset :: Beset (imp. & p. p.) of Bese.
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..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.
Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; 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..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..
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