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

Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..

Besetment :: Besetment (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin..

Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..

Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).

Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..

Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..

Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; 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..

Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.

Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..

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..

Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..

Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..

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.

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..

Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.

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