umbeset

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward. Scotland,archaic,dialectal
    — The Lord Gordon ships with some friends. Monro umbesets his way; yet he escapes, ignorant of Monro's devyse.
  2. To overwhelm; cover completely. Scotland,archaic,dialectal
    — The Opponents Umbeset with Trickery.

词形变化

umbesets present,singular,third-person umbesetting participle,present umbeset past umbeset participle,past umbesetten participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
umbesetting
相关词
beset

词源

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”).
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