Beset

//bɪˈsɛt//

Definitions

1
To surround or hem in.
Vegetatively it is the nearest to H. translucens with its oblong-lanceolate leaves, with the margins and keel beset with pellucid teeth, but it differs and is characterised by the greyish-black quadrantly positioned globose flowers; […]
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bebay beleaguer
2
To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
“Nay, for matter o’ that, he never doth any mischief,” said the woman; “but to be sure it is necessary he should keep some arms for his own safety; for his house hath been beset more than once; and it is not many nights ago that we thought we heard thieves about it […]
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beleaguer besiege
3
To decorate something with jewels etc.
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bedazzle bejewel bespangle

Word Origin

From Middle English besetten, bisetten, from Old English besettan (“to beset; set beside; set near”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisattjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną (“to set near; set around”), e...

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