Definition of beset

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

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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..
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..
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; 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..
Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Bestad :: Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.
Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..
Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
Be- :: Be- () To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)..
Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..
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..
Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.
Beset :: Beset (imp. & p. p.) of Bese.
Midst :: Midst (n.) Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs..
Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
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