• IPA: /bɪˈsɛt/

beset (besets, present participle besetting; past beset, past participle beset)

1. (transitive) To surround or hem in.
2. (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify ), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗:

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     “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 […]

3. (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.
4. (nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.

• Italian: circondare
• Portuguese: cercar
• Russian: окружа́ть
• Spanish: cercar, sitiar

• Italian: assediare, assaltare
• Russian: осажда́ть
• Spanish: asediar

• Italian: incastonare
• Russian: украша́ть

• Russian: заледене́ть