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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, piirittääFrom Afrikaans-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 : [ freedict:afr-deu ]
beset /bəsˈɛt/ 1. trächtig, schwanger 2. besetztFrom Afrikaans-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:afr-eng ]
beset /bəsˈɛt/ 1. pregnant, with young 2. busyFrom English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
beset /bɪsˈɛt/ belaag, belaeFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Beset /bɪsˈɛt/ حاصرFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
beset //bɪˈsɛt//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]обкръжавам, обсаждам to surround or hem in
beset /bɪsˈɛt/ zavalitFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
beset /bɪsˈɛt/ sužovatFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
beset /bɪsˈɛt/ trápitFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
beset /bɪsˈɛt/ (beset /bɪsˈɛt/ <>, beset /bɪsˈɛt/ <>)From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]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
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, besettingFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
beset //bɪˈsɛt//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]juuttua jäihin get trapped by ice
beset /bɪsˈɛt/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. घेर~लेना "We must bravely face the difficulties that beset us."
beset /bɪsˈɛt/ opkoliti, opsjedati, prepriječit put, sprečavati, sprječavatiFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
beset /bɪsˈɛt/ 1. bekerített 2. szorongatottFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
beset /bɪˈset/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]1. [np. ludzie] osaczać (by - czymś) (with - czymś) 2. [o kłopotach] męczyć, dręczyć
beset //bɪˈsɛt//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]anfäkta, ansätta to attack, especially from all sides
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 ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/bɪˈsɛt/
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 upFrom 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