Beset

Be·set

Beset

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Beset; p. pr. & vb. n. Besetting

  1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
    A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
    — Spectator.
    The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air.
  2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
    Let thy troops beset our gates.
  3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc.
  4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.]