withset

verb — 3 senses

withset

verb

Etymology From Middle English withsetten (“to resist, set against”), from Old English wiþsettan (“to resist; condemn”), equivalent to with- (“against”) + set.

Obsolete To set oneself against; oppose; resist.

Obsolete To be set against.

R. of Brunne Their way he them withset.

Scotland, UK, Dialectal To set (a place) with an ambush.

Related terms: withsit

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