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.
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).