"withset" meaning in English

See withset in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: withsets [present, singular, third-person], withsetting [participle, present], withset [participle, past], withset [past]
Etymology: From Middle English withsetten (“to resist, set against”), from Old English wiþsettan (“to resist; condemn”), equivalent to with- (“against”) + set. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|withsetten|t=to resist, set against}} Middle English withsetten (“to resist, set against”), {{inh|en|ang|wiþsettan|t=to resist; condemn}} Old English wiþsettan (“to resist; condemn”), {{af|en|with-|set|t1=against}} with- (“against”) + set Head templates: {{en-verb|withsets|withsetting|withset}} withset (third-person singular simple present withsets, present participle withsetting, simple past and past participle withset)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To set oneself against; oppose; resist. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-withset-en-verb-R9DxRaZo
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be set against. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-withset-en-verb-C2hVIYwl
  3. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To set (a place) with an ambush. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-withset-en-verb-hchhZzM7 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with with-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 80 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with with-: 19 35 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 18 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 13 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: withsit

Inflected forms

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