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Webster 1913 Edition


Besetment

Be-set′ment

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Noun.
The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin.
“Fearing a besetment.”
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Definition 2024


besetment

besetment

English

Noun

besetment (countable and uncountable, plural besetments)

  1. The state of being beset.
    A common threat to icebreakers is besetment, where they are trapped in the ice and unable to ram the ice to escape.