"umbeset" meaning in English

See umbeset in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: umbesets [present, singular, third-person], umbesetting [participle, present], umbeset [past], umbeset [participle, past], umbesetten [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English umbesetten (“to surround”), from Old English ymbsettan (“to set around, surround, beset, encompass”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”) + *satjaną (“to set”); equivalent to um- + beset or umbe- + set. Compare also Old English ymbsittan (“to sit around, surround”), Dutch omzetten (“to convert, transpose”), German umsetzen (“to move to another place, convert, transform, transplant, adjust, rearrange”). More at set. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|umbesetten||to surround}} Middle English umbesetten (“to surround”), {{inh|en|ang|ymbsettan||to set around, surround, beset, encompass}} Old English ymbsettan (“to set around, surround, beset, encompass”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*umbi||around}} Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”), {{prefix|en|um|beset}} um- + beset, {{prefix|en|umbe|set}} umbe- + set, {{cog|ang|ymbsittan||to sit around, surround}} Old English ymbsittan (“to sit around, surround”), {{cog|nl|omzetten||to convert, transpose}} Dutch omzetten (“to convert, transpose”), {{cog|de|umsetzen||to move to another place, convert, transform, transplant, adjust, rearrange}} German umsetzen (“to move to another place, convert, transform, transplant, adjust, rearrange”) Head templates: {{en-verb|umbesets|umbesetting|umbeset|past_ptc2=umbesetten}} umbeset (third-person singular simple present umbesets, present participle umbesetting, simple past umbeset, past participle umbeset or umbesetten)
  1. (archaic or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward. Tags: Scotland, archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-umbeset-en-verb-2iIXwU6f Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with um-, English terms prefixed with umbe-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with um-: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with umbe-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
  2. (archaic or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To overwhelm; cover completely. Tags: Scotland, archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-umbeset-en-verb-Asn~oHpB Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with um-, English terms prefixed with umbe-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with um-: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with umbe-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: umbesetting Related terms: beset

Inflected forms

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        "(archaic or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward."
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          "text": "The Opponents Umbeset with Trickery."
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          "ref": "1952, Walter Milton, The Goad of Love, Faber & Faber, page 201:",
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