BESET

Be‐set″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beset; p. pr. & vb. n. Besetting.] [[AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G. besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See Set.]] 1. 1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
A robe of azure beset with drops of gold. Spectator. The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. Evelyn. 2. 2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. “Beset with foes.” Milton.
Let thy troops beset our gates. Addison. 3. 3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; — said of dangers, obstacles, etc. “Adam, sore beset, replied.” Milton. “Beset with ills.” Addison. “Incommodities which beset old age.” Burke.
4. 4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. Chaucer.
Syn. — To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.