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Beset

Beset Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Beset? [v] to assail or attack on all sides:"The lioness..beset by men and hounds." Pope [v] decorate or cover lavishly with gems [v] annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Beset: chevvy \| chevy \| chivvy \| chivy \| encrust \| harass \| harry \| hassle \| incrust \| molest \| plague \| provoke \| set upon Related Terms \| Find terms related to Beset: abashed \| afflict \| afflicted \| aggravate \| agitated \| ail \| annoy \| annoyed \| anxious \| apply pressure \| assail \| assault \| attack \| badger \| badgered \| bait \| baited \| barred \| be at \| be the matter \| bedevil \| bedeviled \| beleaguer \| beleaguered \| besiege \| besieged \| blandish \| blockade \| blockaded \| bother \| bothered \| bound \| box in \| bristle \| brown off \| bug \| bugged \| bullyrag \| bullyragged \| burn up \| buttonhole \| cabined \| cage \| caged \| cajole \| cast down \| chagrined \| chamber \| chapfallen \| chivied \| chivy \| circle \| cloistered \| close in \| closed-in \| coax \| compass \| compel \| complicate matters \| concern \| confined \| confused \| contain \| coop \| coop in \| coop up \| cooped \| cordon \| cordon off \| cordoned \| cordoned off \| corral \| corralled \| cramped \| crawl with \| creep with \| cribbed \| devil \| deviled \| discomfited \| discomforted \| discommode \| discompose \| discomposed \| disconcerted \| disquieted \| distemper \| distress \| distressed \| disturb \| disturbed \| dog \| dogged \| drive \| dun \| embarrassed \| encircle \| enclose \| enclosed \| encompass \| enshrine \| envelop \| environ \| exasperate \| exercise \| exert pressure \| fall \| fash \| fence in \| fenced \| fret \| fretted \| gem \| get \| gird \| girdle \| grip \| gripe \| grubby \| harass \| harassed \| harried \| harry \| haunt \| haunted \| heckle \| heckled \| hector \| hectored \| hedge in \| hedged \| hem \| hem in \| hemmed \| hold \| hound \| hounded \| house in \| hung up \| hunt \| ill at ease \| immured \| impel \| importune \| impound \| imprison \| imprisoned \| incarcerate \| incarcerated \| include \| inconvenience \| inconvenienced \| infatuate \| infest \| infested \| invade \| invest \| irk \| irked \| jail \| jailed \| jewel \| kennel \| lay siege to \| leaguer \| leaguered \| lousy \| mew \| mew up \| mewed \| miff \| molest \| mortified \| nag \| nag at \| needle \| needled \| nettle \| nipped at \| not let go \| nudzh \| obsess \| oppress \| out of countenance \| overrun \| overspread \| overswarm \| paled \| pedicular \| pediculous \| peeve \| pen \| pen in \| penned \| pent-up \| perplex \| persecute \| persecuted \| perturb \| perturbed \| pester \| pestered \| pick on \| picked on \| pique \| plague \| plagued \| pluck the beard \| ply \| pocket \| possess \| pother \| preoccupy \| press \| pressure \| provoke \| pursue \| push \| put out \| put to it \| put-out \| put-upon \| puzzle \| puzzled \| quarantine \| quarantined \| ragged \| rail in \| railed \| ratty \| ravage \| ravaged \| restrained \| ride \| rile \| ring \| roil \| ruffle \| shrine \| shut in \| shut up \| shut-in \| soften up \| sore beset \| stable \| storm \| strike \| surround \| swarm \| swarm with \| tease \| teased \| teeming \| torment \| tormented \| trouble \| troubled \| try the patience \| tweak the nose \| uncomfortable \| uneasy \| upset \| urge \| vex \| vexed \| victimize \| wall in \| walled \| walled-in \| wheedle \| work on \| wormy \| worried \| worried sick \| worried stiff \| worry \| wrap \| yard \| yard up See Also \| adorn \| annoy \| assail \| assault \| attack \| beautify \| bedevil \| bother \| chafe \| crucify \| decorate \| devil \| dun \| embellish \| frustrate \| get at \| get to \| goad \| grace \| gravel \| irritate \| nark \| needle \| nettle \| ornament \| rag \| rile \| set on \| torment \| vex Beset In Webster's Dictionary \Be*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G. besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See {Set}.] 1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects. A robe of azure beset with drops of gold. --Spectator. The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. --Evelyn. 2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. ``Beset with foes.'' --Milton. Let thy troops beset our gates. --Addison. 3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc. ``Adam, sore beset, replied.'' --Milton. ``Beset with ills.'' --Addison. ``Incommodities which beset old age.'' --Burke. 4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.

Beset Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Beset?

[v] to assail or attack on all sides:"The lioness..beset by men and hounds." Pope
[v] decorate or cover lavishly with gems
[v] annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"

Beset In Webster's Dictionary

\Be*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G.
besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See
{Set}.]
1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent
   objects.

         A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
                                               --Spectator.

         The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet
         shrubs that it perfumes the air.      --Evelyn.

2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to
   blockade. ``Beset with foes.'' --Milton.

         Let thy troops beset our gates.       --Addison.

3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said
   of dangers, obstacles, etc. ``Adam, sore beset, replied.''
   --Milton. ``Beset with ills.'' --Addison. ``Incommodities
   which beset old age.'' --Burke.

4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege;
     encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.

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