Be set
verb (used with object), be·set, be·set·ting.
1.
to attack on all sides; assail; harass: to be beset by enemies; beset by difficulties.
2.
to surround; hem in: a village beset on all sides by dense forest.
3.
to set or place upon; bestud: a gold bracelet beset with jewels.
4.
Nautical. to surround (a vessel) by ice, so that control of the helm is lost.
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| —vb , -sets, -setting, -set | |
| 1. | (esp of dangers, temptations, or difficulties) to trouble or harass constantly |
| 2. | to surround or attack from all sides |
| 3. | archaic to cover with, esp with jewels |
| be'setter | |
| —n | |
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beset
O.E. besettan "to put, place; own, keep; cover, surround with, besiege," from P.Gmc. *bisatjan (cf. O.S. bisettjan, Ger. besetzen, Goth. bisatjan); see be- + set (v.). The figurative sense also was in O.E.
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