Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BE-SET'
BE-SET', v.t. [pret. and pp. beset. Sax. besettan, to place, of be and settan, to set; D. bezetten; Ger. besetzen. See Set.]
- To surround; to inclose; to hem in; to besiege; as we are beset with enemies; a city is beset with troops. Hence,
- To press on all sides, so as to perplex; to entangle, so as to render escape difficult or impossible. Adam sore beset replied. – Milton.
- To waylay. – Shak.
- To fall upon. – Spenser.
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