What is the meaning of Beset?

Senses relating to surrounding.

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

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

    To occupy and block (an entrance, a passage, etc.), especially to prevent people from passing.

    To decorate (someone or something) by surrounding with accessories, etc.

    Followed by with: to encircle or surround (someone or something); to hem in.

    To trap (a ship) within frozen sea; to ice in.

    Of dangers, difficulties, enemies, etc.: to negatively affect (someone or something); to trouble.

    Of soldiers, etc.: to surround (a place) to compel surrender; to besiege.

    To capture (an animal); to ensnare, to entrap.

    Senses relating to placing or setting.

    1. To arrange or set (something) in order.
    2. To give (something); to bestow, to present.
    3. To spend or use (something, such as effort, money, time, or words).
    4. Followed by on or upon: to place or set (love, trust, etc.) on someone.

    To arrange or set (something) in order.

    To give (something); to bestow, to present.

    To spend or use (something, such as effort, money, time, or words).

    Followed by on or upon: to place or set (love, trust, etc.) on someone.

    Senses relating to being appropriate.

    1. To be appropriate or fitting for (something); to become, to befit.
    2. Followed by with: to accord or go well with something.

    To be appropriate or fitting for (something); to become, to befit.

    Followed by with: to accord or go well with something.

    to occupy, to fill

    to occupy militarily

    Source: wiktionary.org

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