"beset" meaning in English

See beset in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /bɪˈsɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beset.wav [UK] Forms: beset [canonical], besets [third-person, singular], beset [past], beset [past, participle], besetting [present, participle]
Etymology: be- + set Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|be|set}} be- + set Head templates: {{verb|beset|besets|beset|besetting}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you beset a place, you surround it with armed forces. Synonyms: besiege
    Sense id: simple-beset-en-verb-QIHQDNtL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with be-
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