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umbeset

The origin and history of umbeset.

Etymology

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 omzetten ("to convert, transpose"), and German umsetzen ("to move to another place, convert, transform, transplant, adjust, rearrange").

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