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Word entry · 5 letters

beset

Best crossword clue

"Surrounded by trouble"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /bɪˈsɛt/Part of speech verbSorted beestStarts with BEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2E3S4E5T

Definitions

  1. assail or attack on all sides

Used in a sentence

  • For thou, deere Lord, thou me besett'st; / Thy rodd and thy staff be / To comfort me: […]
  • Thou me beſetſt behind, before, / and laidſt thine hand on me, / Such knovvledge is for me too ſtrange, / it to attain's^([sic – meaning attainest]) too hie [high].
  • It was a handsome old stucco hall, very elegantly appointed, for Winter was a bachelor and prided himself on his style; but the place was beset by collieries.

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