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Webster 1913 Edition


Besetting

Be-set′ting

,
Adj.
Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about;
as, a
besetting
sin
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Besetting

BESET'TING

,
ppr.
Surrounding; besieging; waylaying.

BESET'TING

,
Adj.
Habitually attending, or pressing; as a besetting sin.

Definition 2024


besetting

besetting

English

Verb

besetting

  1. present participle of beset

Noun

besetting (plural besettings)

  1. The act of one who besets or attacks.
    • John Bunyan
      I might also here tell you of the contests and battles that such are engaged in, wherein they find the besettings of Satan, above any other of the saints.