To set or station themselves round, to surround with hostile intent. To invest, or surround (a place); to besiege. (Not now said of a regular army…
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| 释义 | the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > in hostile or harmful manner (6) beset?c1225 To set or station themselves round, to surround with hostile intent. To invest, or surround (a place); to besiege. (Not now said of a regular army… lapc1330 To hem in, press close upon with a hostile force, or with something noxious. Also with about, in. Obsolete (in later use only Scottish) to lay about14.. transitive. To surround, beset. underset1488 Scottish. To beset. Obsolete. rare. to fetch in1565 To close in upon, surround; to enclose, take in. Also to include (in one's voyage). bestad1579 Used only in passive voice: but by Spenser made a past tense and active pple. = beset, v. |
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