different between beset vs umbecast
beset
English
Etymology
From Middle English besetten, bisetten, from Old English besettan (“to beset; set beside; set near; appoint; place; own; possess”), from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan? (“to set near; set around”), equivalent to be- +? set. Cognate with Saterland Frisian besätte (“to occupy”), West Frisian besette (“to occupy”), Dutch bezetten (“to sit in; occupy; fill”), German Low German besetten (“to occupy”), German besetzen (“to seize; occupy; garrison”), Danish besætte (“to occupy; obsess”), Swedish besätta (“to fill; occupy; beset”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??s?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Verb
beset (third-person singular simple present besets, present participle besetting, simple past and past participle beset)
- (transitive) To surround or hem in.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
- “Nay, for matter o’ that, he never doth any mischief,” said the woman; “but to be sure it is necessary he should keep some arms for his own safety; for his house hath been beset more than once; and it is not many nights ago that we thought we heard thieves about it […]
- (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.
- (nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.
Derived terms
- besetting
Translations
Anagrams
- Beets, Beste, beest, beets, tsebe
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch bezetten, from Middle Dutch besetten, from Old Dutch *bisetten, from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??s?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Verb
beset (present beset, present participle besettende, past participle beset)
- (transitive) to occupy, to fill
- (transitive, military) to occupy militarily
Derived terms
- besetting
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umbecast
English
Etymology
From Middle English umbecasten, equivalent to umbe- +? cast or um- +? becast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mb??kæst/, /??mb??k??st/
Verb
umbecast (third-person singular simple present umbecasts, present participle umbecasting, simple past and past participle umbecast)
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To consider, ponder.
- To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
- To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
- To bind, tie up.
- To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade
References
umbecast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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