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besetter

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be⋅set

  [bi-set]
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–verb (used with object), -set, -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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME besetten, OE besettan. See be-, set

Related forms:
be⋅set⋅ment, noun
be⋅set⋅ter, noun

Synonyms:
2. encircle, enclose, besiege, beleaguer. 3. stud, decorate, ornament.
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Word Origin & History

beset 
O.E. besettan, "to surround," from P.Gmc. *bisatjan (cf. O.S. bisettjan, Ger. besetzen, Goth. bisatjan); see be- + set (v.). The fig. sense also was in O.E.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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