Associations to the word «Beset»

Wiktionary

BESET, verb. (transitive) To surround or hem in
BESET, verb. (transitive) To attack, especially from all sides
BESET, verb. (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc
BESET, verb. (nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice

Dictionary definition

BESET, verb. Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers".
BESET, verb. Assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards".
BESET, verb. Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin