beset

tr.v., -set, -set·ting, -sets.

1. To attack from all sides.
2. To trouble persistently; harass. See synonyms at attack.
3. To hem in; surround: "the mountains which beset it round" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
4. To stud, as with jewels.

[Middle English bisetten, from Old English besettan.]

besetment be·set'ment n.

verb

1. To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, fall on (or upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal light into, pitch into. See attack/defend.
2. To surround with hostile troops: beleaguer, besiege, blockade, invest, siege. Idioms: lay siege to. See attack/defend.
3. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides: badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, harass, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague, solicit. See attack/defend.
4. To disturb by repeated attacks: annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, torment, worry. See feelings, pain/pleasure.
5. To shut in on all sides: begird, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring, surround. See open/close.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: annoy continually or chronically
  Synonyms: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, plague, molest, provoke

Meaning #2: to assail or attack on all sides:"The lioness..beset by men and hounds." Pope
  Synonym: set upon

Meaning #3: decorate or cover lavishly with gems
  Synonyms: encrust, incrust

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - omgive, omringe, belejre

Nederlands (Dutch)
voortdurend lastigvallen, omringen, belegeren, inleggen

Français (French)
v. tr. - assaillir, entourer

Deutsch (German)
v. - belagern, heimsuchen, plagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επιτίθεμαι απ' όλες τις πλευρές, επιπίπτω, περιστοιχίζω, περισφίγγω, βασανίζω, μαστίζω

Italiano (Italian)
circondare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - atacar, cercar

Русский (Russian)
осаждать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sitiar, acosar, cercar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - belägra, ansätta, anfäkta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
围攻, 镶嵌, 使苦恼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 圍攻, 鑲嵌, 使苦惱

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 포위하다, ~에 따라다니다, 장식하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 押し寄せる, 付きまとう, 包囲する, ふさぐ, 飾る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) حف ب, حاصر, أحاط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הטריד, התקיף, כיתר‬

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