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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Dun :: Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately..
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..
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
Besetment :: Besetment (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin..
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..
Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
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..
Barbate :: Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.
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..
Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
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