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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Beset \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
                                                    --Spectator.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet
              shrubs that it perfumes the air.      --Evelyn.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to
        blockade. ``Beset with foes.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let thy troops beset our gates.       --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege;
          encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Beset \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  beset
       v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
            staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his
            female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy,
             chivvy, chevy, chevvy, plague, molest, provoke]
       2: assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by
          leopards" [syn: set upon]
       3: decorate or cover lavishly with gems [syn: encrust, incrust]
       [also: besetting]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  beset
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To surround or hem in.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  beset
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To surround or hem in.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  beset
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To surround or hem in.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  beset
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To surround or hem in.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  beset
     Englanti vb.
     saartaa, piirittää

From Afrikaans-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 :   [ freedict:afr-deu ]

  beset /bəsˈɛt/
  1. trächtig, schwanger
  2. besetzt

From Afrikaans-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:afr-eng ]

  beset /bəsˈɛt/
  1. pregnant, with young
  2. busy

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  beset /bɪsˈɛt/
  belaag, belae

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Beset /bɪsˈɛt/
  حاصر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  beset //bɪˈsɛt// 
  обкръжавам, обсаждам
  to surround or hem in

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  beset /bɪsˈɛt/
  zavalit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  beset /bɪsˈɛt/
  sužovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  beset /bɪsˈɛt/
  trápit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  beset /bɪsˈɛt/ (beset /bɪsˈɛt/ <>, beset /bɪsˈɛt/ <>) 
  bedrängen, befallen 
        "be beset by/with sth."  - von etw. heimgesucht werden, von etw. bedrängt/geplagt werden
        "beset by worries"  - von Sorgen geplagt
        "beset by doubts"  - von Zweifeln befallen
   see: besetting, beset
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  beset /bɪsˈɛt/
  bedrängt, befallen
        "be beset by/with sth."  - von etw. heimgesucht werden, von etw. bedrängt/geplagt werden
        "beset by worries"  - von Sorgen geplagt
        "beset by doubts"  - von Zweifeln befallen
   see: beset, besetting
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  beset //bɪˈsɛt// 
  juuttua jäihin
  get trapped by ice

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  beset /bɪsˈɛt/ 
  1. घेर~लेना
        "We must bravely face the difficulties that beset us."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  beset /bɪsˈɛt/
  opkoliti, opsjedati, prepriječit put, sprečavati, sprječavati

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  beset /bɪsˈɛt/
  1. bekerített
  2. szorongatott

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  beset /bɪˈset/ 
   1.  [np. ludzie]  osaczać (by - czymś)  (with - czymś)
   2.  [o kłopotach]  męczyć, dręczyć

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  beset //bɪˈsɛt// 
  anfäkta, ansätta
  to attack, especially from all sides

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  beset /bɪsˈɛt/
  1. kuşatmak, etrafını almak
  2. rahat vermemek, üzerine varmak
  3. üzerine koymak, nakşetmek. besetting  yakayı bırakmayan.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/bɪˈsɛt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  279 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 围攻,使...苦恼;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 围攻,使苦恼,镶嵌

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