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umbeset

2 antonyms for umbeset — opposites grouped by meaning.

Verb — (archaic) To get in someone's way, or act against their interests.

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It comes from Middle English umbesetten ("to surround"), from Old English ymbsettan ("to set around, surround, beset, encompass"), from Proto-West Germanic *umbisattjan ("to set around, encompass"), equivalent to um- plus beset, or umbe- plus set. Compare also Old English ymbsittan ("to sit around, surround"), Dutch om...

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