umbeset
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verb- 1.
(Scotland, archaic, dialectal)To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward.
[…] , and pressing to have bereft them of their lives by umbesetting of the high gates to that effect at divers times of before, […]
[…] that king on one occasion, April 1535, having to grant a letter of protection in favour of him ‘and his wife and bairns’ against Sir Patrick Hepburn of Wauchtonne and thirty-four others for ‘umbesetting the highway for his slaughter.’
- 2.
(Scotland, archaic, dialectal)To overwhelm; cover completely.
The Opponents Umbeset with Trickery.
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From Middle English umbesetten (to surround), from Old English ymbsettan (to set around, surround, beset, encompass), from *umbisattjan (to set around, encompass); equivalent to um- + beset or umbe- + set. Compare also ymbsittan, omzetten, umsetzen.