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Beset
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(besets, besetting) Note: The form 'beset' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely. The country is beset by severe economic problems. ...the problems now besetting the country. VERB: be V-ed by/with n, V n
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transitive verb (-set; -setting) Etymology: Middle English ~ten, from Old English ~tan, from be- + settan to set Date: before 12th century 1. to set or stud with or as if with ornaments 2. trouble, harass inflation ~s the economy 3. a. to set upon ; assail the settlers were ~ by savages b. to hem in ; surround • ~ment noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (besetting; past and past part. beset) 1 attack or harass persistently (beset by worries). 2 surround or hem in (a person etc.). 3 archaic cover round with (beset with pearls). Phrases and idioms besetting sin the sin that especially or most frequently tempts one. Derivatives besetment n. Etymology: OE besettan f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. осаждать to beset with questions —- осаждать вопросами the problem is beset with difficulties —- эту проблему нелегко будет решить we were beset by mosquitoes —- нас донимали комары he was beset by fear —- его охватил страх 2. окружать he was beset by the crowd —- он был окружен толпой 3. занимать, преграждать (дорогу) 4. украшать (орнаментом) the bracelet was beset with pearls —- браслет был украшен жемчугом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) окружать; осаждать also fig. to beset with questions - осаждать вопросами 2) занимать, преграждать (дорогу) 3) украшать (орнаментом) ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v past tense and past participle beset present participle besetting formal 1 usually passive to make someone experience serious problems or dangers (The business has been beset with financial problems.) 2 besetting sin/weakness often humorous a particular bad feature or habit (Mark's besetting sin is laziness.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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