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verb
To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic, dialectal
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verb
To overwhelm; cover completely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic, dialectal
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History
From Middle English umbesetten (“to surround”), from Old English ymbsettan (“to set around, surround, beset, encompass”), from Proto-West Germanic *umbisattjan (“to set around, encompass”); equivalent to um- + beset or umbe- + set. Compare also Old English ymbsittan (“to sit around, surround”), Dutch omzetten (“to convert, transpose”), German umsetzen (“to move to another place, convert, transform, transplant, adjust, rearrange”).
