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   beset

   /bɪˈsɛt/

   verb

   • 1. (of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently: "the social problems that beset the UK" Similar plaguebedevilattackassailbeleaguerafflicttormenttorturerackoppresstroubleworrybotherharasshoundharrydog
   • ▪ surround and harass: "I was beset by clouds of flies" Similar surroundbesiegehem inshut infence inbox inencirclering roundenclose
   • ▪ hem in: "the ship was beset by ice and finally sank"
   • 2. be covered or studded with: archaic "springy grass all beset with tiny jewel-like flowers"

   Word Origin Old Englishbesettan, from be- ‘about’ + settan (see set1).

   Scrabble Points: 7

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