Definition of "besets" [besets]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beset. (verb)

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• "His word besets us behind, and before, and it lays its hand upon us."
• "An uneasiness, not such as besets one on the eve of some event, but such as one feels on remembering some good that one has lost forever, filled Janina's heart."
• "For many of the NO folks, opposition is so engrained as to be a matter of almost religious ferocity such as besets the minority Party of NO that holds our State Legislature hostage when it comes to financial matters."