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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Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..
Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) 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..
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..
Dun :: Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately..
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..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Besiege :: Besiege (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset..
Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
Urgent :: Urgent (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important..
Bestad :: Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.
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 (imp. & p. p.) of Bese.
Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..
Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..
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