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umbeset

verb

Etymology

From Middle English umbesetten (“to surround”), from Old English ymbsettan (“to set around, surround, beset, encompass”), from Proto-West Germanic *umbisattjan (“to set around, encompass”); equivalent to um- + beset or umbe- + set. Compare also Old English ymbsittan (“to sit around, surround”), Dutch omzetten (“to convert, transpose”), German umsetzen (“to move to another place, convert, transform, transplant, adjust, rearrange”).

  1. inherited from *umbisattjan✻ — “to set around, encompass”
  2. inherited from ymbsettan — “to set around, surround, beset, encompass”
  3. inherited from umbesetten — “to surround”

Definitions

  1. To block, obstruct

    To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward.

    • The Lord Gordon ships with some friends. Monro umbesets his way; yet he escapes, ignorant of Monro's devyse.
    • […] to underly the law at the lext Justice-aire of Renfrew, for umbesetting the high-way, by way of Murder;
    • […] , and pressing to have bereft them of their lives by umbesetting of the high gates to that effect at divers times of before, […]

  2. To overwhelm

    To overwhelm; cover completely.

    • The Opponents Umbeset with Trickery.
    • But soothly, of sithes the more I am umbeset with anguish of heart, and destitute of all men’s comfort, the more favourable and godly I find her to me.
    • Certainly a good soul umbeset with many diseases, and noyed with the heat of temptation, can not feel the sweetness of God’s love as it is in itself;

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Derived

umbesetting

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