Definition of beset

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of beset is as below...

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

Lern More About Beset

Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.
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..
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..
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..
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..
Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..
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..
Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..
Urgent :: Urgent (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important..
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; 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..
Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.
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.
Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us