verb
umbeset
Umbeset (verb) means (archaic) To get in someone's way, or act against their interests.
verb
1
(archaic) To get in someone's way, or act against their interests.
2
(archaic) To surround something so fully that it is completely covered.
"Certainly a good soul umbeset with many diseases, and noyed with the heat of temptation, can not feel the sweetness of God’s love as it is in itself;"
— Richard Rolle, The Fire of Love (1971)
"But soothly, of sithes the more I am umbeset with anguish of heart, and destitute of all men’s comfort, the more favourable and godly I find her to me."
— Walter Milton, The Goad of Love (1952)
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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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What is the meaning of umbeset?
"umbeset" (verb) means (archaic) To get in someone's way, or act against their interests.
What is the opposite of umbeset?
Opposites of "umbeset" include abet, impel.
What are the different meanings of umbeset?
"umbeset" has 2 main meanings: 1. (archaic) To get in someone's way, or act against their interests; 2. (archaic) To surround something so fully that it is completely covered.
