Synonyms for besetment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bih-set

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈsɛt

Définition of besetment

Origin : Old English besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (cf. Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be- + set (v.). The figurative sense also was in Old English. Related: Beset (past tense); besetting.

noun annoyance

Example sentences :

From that time she steadily fought against her deadly sin, until its besetment lost all power over her.
Extract from : « For John's Sake » by Annie Frances Perram

And the curious part of the besetment is that I have known all along that I was killing your love for me.
Extract from : « The City of Numbered Days » by Francis Lynde

After a besetment of twenty-four days, Iberville succeeded in extricating his vessel from the ice and passed into the bay.
Extract from : « Explorers and Travellers » by Adolphus W. Greely

For since he had come out of prison he was every day more subject to this besetment of recalling the past.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

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