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Meanings of beset in English

Portuguese
importunar
Catalan
empaitar
Spanish
asediar

Annoy continually or chronically.

      importunar
      Portuguese
      atacar
      Spanish
      acosar

      Assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards"

            atacar

            Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

                  To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender.

                        Usage of beset in English
                        1
                        News reports detail a recovery beset by delays, bureaucracy, and political friction.
                        Radio NZ
                        2
                        Italy is beset by growing joblessness as the economic crisis bites hard.
                        Reuters
                        3
                        Iran's centrifuge-based enrichment programme is rather primitive and beset by technical problems.
                        The Guardian
                        4
                        The Kennedy family, an American political dynasty, has been beset by tragedy.
                        Radio NZ
                        5
                        It is beset with problems of diagnosis and difficulties in assessing treatment.
                        Pubmed
                        6
                        It provides evidence of yet another banking culture beset by corrupt behaviour.
                        Reuters
                        7
                        One by one, the problems that have long beset humanity are toppling.
                        The new yorker
                        8
                        A calm island in a sea of troubles for any beset Taoiseach.
                        The Irish Times
                        9
                        To use this power to heal the sicknesses that beset my people.
                        Caleb's crossing
                        10
                        Again, a Moslem host landed in Malta and beset the Cite Notable.
                        France and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France ...
                        11
                        It is not my way to beset my enemies in the dark.
                        The Sea-Hawk
                        12
                        The Pacific was increasingly empowered but beset with dilemmas, Mr Tuilaepa said.
                        Radio NZ
                        13
                        Such are the distressing problems that beset generals and others in authority.
                        Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
                        14
                        Carriages, with servants in snobby coats, beset the doors of the theatre.
                        Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
                        15
                        You are now in the wilderness beset on every side by enemies.
                        The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Ch...
                        16
                        You have no idea of the temptations that constantly beset him there.
                        Three People
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                        Beset through the time
                        Beset across language varieties
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                        Common
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                        Common
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