beset

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To assail or attack (someone) from all sides; to set about.

   ““Nay, for matter o’ that, he never doth any mischief,” said the woman; “but to be sure it is necessary he should keep some arms for his own safety; for his house hath been beset more than once; and it is not many nights ago that we thought we heard thieves about it […]”

2. fiil To occupy and block (an entrance, a passage, etc.), especially to prevent people from passing.
3. fiil To decorate (someone or something) by surrounding with accessories, etc.
4. fiil Followed by with: to encircle or surround (someone or something); to hem in.

   “For thou, deere Lord, thou me besett'st; / Thy rodd and thy staff be / To comfort me: […]”

5. fiil To trap (a ship) within frozen sea; to ice in.
6. fiil Of dangers, difficulties, enemies, etc.: to negatively affect (someone or something); to trouble.

   “Fred Brentnall, in his squeaky lorikeet voice reads to the House Lawson's last two stanzas, just to highlight the danger besetting the colony of Queensland, indeed, the whole country:[…]”

7. fiil Of soldiers, etc.: to surround (a place) to compel surrender; to besiege.
8. fiil To capture (an animal); to ensnare, to entrap.
9. fiil To arrange or set (something) in order.
10. fiil To give (something); to bestow, to present.
11. fiil To spend or use (something, such as effort, money, time, or words).
12. fiil Followed by on or upon: to place or set (love, trust, etc.) on someone.
13. fiil To be appropriate or fitting for (something); to become, to befit.
14. fiil Followed by with: to accord or go well with something.