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- verb To
surround ,beset . - verb To
block ,obstruct ;act detrimentally toward. - verb To
overwhelm ;cover completely. - noun dialectal, Scotland A
tract ofwasteland enclosed and taken intocultivation .
Etymologies
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From Middle English umbesetten ("to surround"), from Old English ymbsettan ("to set around, surround, beset, encompass"), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”) + *satjanan (“to set”), equivalent to um- + beset or umbe- + set. Compare also Old English ymbsittan ("to sit around, surround"), Dutch omzetten ("to convert, transpose"), German umsetzen ("to convert, transpose, translate"). More at umbe, set.
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