Besetment

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be·set (b

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tr.v. be·set, be·set·ting, be·sets

1. To attack from all sides.

2. To trouble persistently; harass. See Synonyms at attack.

3. To hem in; surround: "the mountains which beset it round" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).

4. To stud, as with jewels.

[Middle English bisetten, from Old English besettan; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

be·setment n.

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No references found			They seem to lie upon us like a deep flood; and it's my besetment to forget where I am and everything about me, and lose myself in thoughts that I could give no account of, for I could neither make a beginning nor ending of them in words. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context The spiritual vulgarity of the doctrine, so far as material things are concerned, is clearly illustrated in the mechanically virtuous Pamela, who, even in the midst of the most outrageous besetments of Squire B----, is hoping with all her soul for the triumph which is actually destined for her, of becoming his wife and so rising high above her original humble station. A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context			Bes Bes-antler Besaiel Besaint Besançon Besant Bescatter Bescorn Bescratch Bescrawl Bescreen Bescribble Bescumber Besee beseech Beseecher beseeching beseechingly Beseechment Beseek beseem Beseeming Beseemly Beseen beset Besetment Besetter besetting Beshine Beshow beshrew Beshroud Beshut beside beside the point besides besiege besieged Besiegement besieger Besieging Besit Beskids Beslabber Beslave Beslaver Beslime Beslobber Beslubber besmear Besmearer			beseeching beseeching beseechingly beseechingly Beseechment Beseechment Beseek beseem beseemed beseeming Beseemly beseems Beseen besembos BESEP Beserabia Beserabia Beserker Beserker Besermians beset beset beset beset beset beset with beset with danger beset with difficulties beset with difficulty beset with perils Besetment BeSeTo besets besets Besetter besetting besetting besetting idea besetting sins besetting sins BESFF BESG BESGB BESGL Beshchev, Boris Beshchev, Boris Pavlovich Besheba Besheba Beshenkovichi BESHG Beshine Beshkov, Anastas Stoianov Beshkov, Iliia Beshmet Beshow beshrew beshrewed beshrewing beshrews

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