Syn. -- To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.
Be*set"ment (&?;), n. The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin. "Fearing a besetment." Kane.
Be*set"ter (&?;), n. One who, or that which, besets.
Be*set"ting, a. Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.
Be*shine" (b*shn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beshone; p. pr. & vb. n. Beshining.] To shine upon; to illumine.
||Be*show" (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish.
Be*shrew" (&?;), v. t. To curse; to execrate.
Beshrew me, but I love her heartily.
Shak.
Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. Schmidt.
Be*shroud" (&?;), v. t. To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen.