Beset
Beset ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon besettan (akin to Old High German bisazjan, German besetzen, Dutch bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See Set.]
1.
To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air.
2.
To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Beset with foes.
Let thy troops beset our gates.
3.
To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc.
Adam, sore beset, replied.
Beset with ills.
Incommodities which beset old age.
4.
To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obsolete] — Chaucer