Definition of beset

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Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.

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Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
Be- :: Be- () To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Bestad :: Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.
Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
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..
Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.
Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..
Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; 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..
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..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..
Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..
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..
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.
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