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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Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.
Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..
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..
Barbate :: Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak 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..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Bestad :: Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.
Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..
Sundial :: Sundew (n.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort..
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..
Dun :: Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately..
Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
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