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▪ I. beˈsetting, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of surrounding with hostile intent.
1549Cheke Hurt Sedit. (1641) 27 The besetting of one house to robbe it.
▪ II. beˈsetting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That besets; esp. in the expression besetting sin, and the like, in allusion to Heb. xii. 1.
1795Southey Joan of Arc ii. 69 Retaining still..their old besetting sin. 1860Trench Serm. Westm. Ab. xiii. 144 We have every one of us besetting sins..sins, that is, which more easily get advantage over us than others. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. §5. 210 The besetting danger of endowments—mental stagnation and apathy. |