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The state of being beset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- A common threat to icebreakers is besetment, where they are trapped in the ice and unable to ram the ice to escape.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree English beset Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English besetment From beset + -ment.