beset

beset
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. besiege, attack, invest; stud (See ornament).
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. besiege, assail, plague, harass; see attack 1 , 2 .
See Synonym Study at attack .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
plague, harass, hound, torment, badger, bother, surround, *bug, hassle, besiege, victimize, vex, beleaguer.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, fall on (or upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal: light into, pitch into. See ATTACK. 2. To surround with hostile troops: beleaguer, besiege, blockade, invest, siege. Idiom: lay siege to. See ATTACK. 3. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides: badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, harass, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague, solicit. See ATTACK. 4. To disturb by repeated attacks: annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, torment, worry. See FEELINGS, PAIN. 5. To shut in on all sides: begird, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring1, surround. See OPEN.

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  • beset — beset …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beset — BESET. s. masc. Terme dont on se sert au Trictrac, et qui se dit, lorsque du même coup de dé, un joueur amène deux as. J ai amené beset …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

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  • beset — ► VERB (besetting; past and past part. beset) ▪ trouble or harass persistently. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • beset — [bē set′, biset′] vt. beset, besetting [ME bisetten < OE besettan: see BE & SET] 1. to cover or set thickly with; stud 2. to attack from all sides; harass or besiege 3. to surround or hem in SYN. ATTACK besetment …   English World dictionary

  • beset — index accost, assail, attack, badger, bait (harass), discommode, dun, embarrass …   Law dictionary

  • beset — overrun, *infest Analogous words: *worry, annoy, harass, harry, pester, plague: assail, *attack, assault …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • beset — [v] plague; hem in aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall*, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time*, give a… …   New thesaurus

  • beset — besetment, n. besetter, n. /bi set /, v.t., beset, besetting. 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; …   Universalium

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