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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Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
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..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.
Urgent :: Urgent (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important..
Barbate :: Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.
Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..
Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
Beset :: Beset (imp. & p. p.) of Bese.
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..
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..
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.
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..
Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..
Dun :: Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately..
Bestad :: Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.
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