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Umbeset

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward. Scotland, archaic, dialectal

    "The Lord Gordon ships with some friends. Monro umbesets his way; yet he escapes, ignorant of Monro's devyse."

  2. 2
    To overwhelm; cover completely. Scotland, archaic, dialectal

    "The Opponents Umbeset with Trickery."

Etymology

From Middle English umbesetten (“to surround”), from Old English ymbsettan (“to set around, surround, beset, encompass”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”) + *satjaną (“to set”); 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”). More at set.

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