Beset means to attack from all sides––an invading army will beset a castle, or you might find yourself beset by a devastating storm.
To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
Verb
assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards"
Verb
decorate or cover lavishly with gems
Verb
annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
imp. & p. p.
of Beset
v. t.
To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent
objects.
v. t.
To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to
blockade.
v. t.
To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said
of dangers, obstacles, etc.
v. t.
To occupy; to employ; to use up.
Beset
A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air.2.
Let thy troops beset our gates.3.
To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
Usage Examples
In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.
My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society.
Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence.
What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.
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