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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Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Urgent :: Urgent (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important..
Beset :: Beset (imp. & p. p.) of Bese.
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.
Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.
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..
Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..
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..
Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..
Barbate :: Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.
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..
Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
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..
Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
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..
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