BESET Copy link • BESETobsidere, circum sedere, obsidionem (urbi) inferre, operibus cingere, oppugnare, oppugnatione premere, circumvenire. Harass, vex, vexare, agitare, exagitare. To beset with entreaties, precibus fatigare: with letters, inquiries, obtundere litteris, rogitando. Embarrass, in angustias pellere or compellere; urgere, premere; includere (especially in a debate). To be hard beset, in angustias adductum esse, in angustiis esse or versari. Very hard beset, ad extremum redactus: in ultimum discrimen adductus (ad incitas redactus, an old expression of common life in Plaut., brought again into use by late writers).