Англо-русский синонимический словарь. 2014.
beset — beset … Dictionnaire des rimes
Beset — Be*set , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G. besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be + settan to set. See {Set}.] 1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beset — Be*set , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G. besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be + settan to set. See {Set}.] 1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beset — BESET. s. masc. Terme dont on se sert au Trictrac, et qui se dit, lorsque du même coup de dé, un joueur amène deux as. J ai amené beset … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
beset — (v.) O.E. besettan to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege, from P.Gmc. *bisatjan (Cf. O.S. bisettjan, Du. bezetten, O.H.G. bisezzan, Ger. besetzen, Goth. bisatjan); see be + SET (Cf. set) (v.). The figurative… … Etymology dictionary
beset — ► VERB (besetting; past and past part. beset) ▪ trouble or harass persistently. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
beset — [bē set′, biset′] vt. beset, besetting [ME bisetten < OE besettan: see BE & SET] 1. to cover or set thickly with; stud 2. to attack from all sides; harass or besiege 3. to surround or hem in SYN. ATTACK besetment … English World dictionary
beset — index accost, assail, attack, badger, bait (harass), discommode, dun, embarrass … Law dictionary
beset — overrun, *infest Analogous words: *worry, annoy, harass, harry, pester, plague: assail, *attack, assault … New Dictionary of Synonyms
beset — [v] plague; hem in aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall*, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time*, give a… … New thesaurus
beset — besetment, n. besetter, n. /bi set /, v.t., beset, besetting. 1. to attack on all sides; assail; harass: to be beset by enemies; beset by difficulties. 2. to surround; hem in: a village beset on all sides by dense forest. 3. to set or place upon; … Universalium
