beset Copy link Outline I. To occupy, esp. with noxious or hostile purposeII. To surround hostilely, to set upon1. circumvĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 42. urgĕo, ursi, 2 • beset: I. To occupy, esp. with noxious or hostile purpose: obsĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2; also obsīdo, 3: others b. the narrow passages in arms, obsedere alii telis angusta viarum, Virg.: Cic.: v. to block up, infest. II. To surround hostilely, to set upon: 1. circumvĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4: they b. all the walls with an army, cuncta moenia exercitu circumvenere, Sall.: v. to encompass. Hence fig. to press upon, harass, etc.: being b. by enemies, circumventus ab inimicis, Sall.: many inconveniences b. an old man, multa senem c. incommoda, Hor.: Cic. 2. urgĕo, ursi, 2: on this side the wolf b.s him, on that the dog closes upon him, hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, Hor.