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besetment

noun

Etymology

From beset + -ment.

  1. inherited from *sed-✻ — “to sit”
  2. inherited from *h₁epi✻ — “at; near; on”
  3. inherited from *bisatjaną✻ — “to fill, occupy”
  4. inherited from *bisattjan✻
  5. inherited from besettan
  6. inherited from besetten
  7. suffixed as besetment — “beset + ment”

Definitions

  1. The state of being beset.

    • A common threat to icebreakers is besetment, where they are trapped in the ice and unable to ram the ice to escape.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA