Besetment

be·set  (b-st)

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.

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

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be·setment n.