besetting 音标拼音: [bɪs'ɛtɪŋ]
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Besetting \
Be *
set "
ting \,
a .
Habitually attacking ,
harassing ,
or pressing upon or about ;
as ,
a besetting sin .
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Beset \
Be *
set "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Beset };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Besetting }.] [
AS .
besettan (
akin to OHG .
bisazjan ,
G .
besetzen ,
D .
bezetten );
pref .
be -
settan to set .
See {
Set }.]
1 .
To set or stud (
anything )
with ornaments or prominent objects .
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A robe of azure beset with drops of gold .
--
Spectator .
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The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air . --
Evelyn .
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2 .
To hem in ;
to waylay ;
to surround ;
to besiege ;
to blockade . "
Beset with foes ." --
Milton .
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Let thy troops beset our gates . --
Addison .
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3 .
To set upon on all sides ;
to perplex ;
to harass ; --
said of dangers ,
obstacles ,
etc . "
Adam ,
sore beset ,
replied ."
--
Milton . "
Beset with ills ." --
Addison . "
Incommodities which beset old age ." --
Burke .
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4 .
To occupy ;
to employ ;
to use up . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Syn :
To surround ;
inclose ;
environ ;
hem in ;
besiege ;
encircle ;
encompass ;
embarrass ;
urge ;
press .
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37 Moby Thesaurus words for "
besetting ":
annoying ,
average ,
backbreaking ,
common ,
crushing ,
current ,
dominant ,
epidemic ,
grueling ,
heavy ,
hefty ,
irksome ,
normal ,
onerous ,
oppressive ,
ordinary ,
painful ,
pandemic ,
plaguey ,
popular ,
predominant ,
predominating ,
prevailing ,
prevalent ,
rampant ,
regnant ,
reigning ,
rife ,
routine ,
ruling ,
running ,
standard ,
stereotyped ,
troublesome ,
trying ,
usual ,
vexatious
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