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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Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..
Dun :: Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately..
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.
Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.
Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
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..
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..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Be- :: Be- () To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)..
Bestad :: Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.
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.
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..
Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..
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..
Urgent :: Urgent (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..
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