† withsetv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To resist, oppose, withstand. Also occasionally const. infinitive: To prevent from doing something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist
withstandc888
withsake971
forstanda1000
to stand again ——OE
withsetc1000
again-standOE
to stand againOE
warnc1175
wiþerhaldec1175
atstandc1220
astand1250
withsitc1300
sitc1325
asitc1330
(it) may well withc1395
reversea1400
resist1417
ofstandc1425
onstandc1425
gainstand?c1450
endure1470
obsista1475
repugna1513
recountera1525
occur1531
desist1548
impugn1577
obstrigillate1623
counter-stand1648
stem1675
repique1687
to make face to1807
to fight off1833
to stick up1838
bay1848
withstay1854
buck1857
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > from an action, purpose, etc.
warnc888
withseta1330
defendc1330
conclude1382
privea1387
retainc1415
refrain1442
prohibit1483
repel1483
stop1488
sever?1507
discourage1528
seclude?1531
prevent1533
foreclose1536
lock1560
stay1560
disallow1568
intercept1576
to put bya1586
crossa1616
stave1616
prevent1620
secure1623
stave1630
riot1777
tent1781
footer1813
to stop off1891
mozz1941
c1000 Lambeth Ps. xvi[i]. 9 Gescyld me fram ansyne arleasra þa þe me geswenctun vel wiðsettun.
c1000 in Assmann Ags. Hom. vii. 186 Ðonne sende he heom fultum ðurh sumne deman, ðe wiðsette heoræ feondum.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 113 Deus superbis resistit..Drihten widset þan prudan.
a1330 Roland & V. 834 No hadde ben þe bacinet, Þat þe strok wiþ sett.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2921 Hauen to aryue þey hym wyþsette.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 174 Myȝte we with eny wyt hus wil with-sette, We myȝte be lordes aloft.
a1430 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 215/394 Holi writt, Þat cleerli schewiþ þee goostli liȝt, How þou schuldist deedli synne with-sett.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4518 Generides and his feres to lete, And here entre to withsett.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 530/2 Wythe settyn', obsto, obsisto.
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 212 If thou with-sett the deuyl in his deede.
2. To beset (a way, etc.) so as to prevent a person from passing. (In early use with dative of person.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage
forsetc900
withseta1300
stop13..
speara1325
withsperre1330
to stop one's way1338
shut1362
forbara1375
beseta1400
stopc1400
precludea1513
interclude1526
to shut up1526
forestall1528
fence1535
hedge1535
quar1542
foreclose1548
forestop1566
to flounder up1576
obstruct1578
bar1590
retrench1590
to shut the door in (also upon) (a person's) face1596
barricade1606
barricado1611
thwartc1630
blocka1644
overthwart1654
rebarricado1655
to choke up1673
blockade1696
embarrass1735
snow1816
roadblock1950
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23727 Ded has vs wit-sett vr strete, Nil we, wil we, we sal mete.
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 337 Als þei fro kirke cam, Þer way he þam withsette.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1921 Sir Ywayne sone with-set the yate, That the eril myght noght in tharate.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 10527 Thys .iii. confederat, Causen..a perillous mortal stryff To pylgrymes..Ther weyes, when they ha wyth-set.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 107 Twa of thame..With-set ane place in-till his way..With twa thousand of men.
3. To seize in compensation for a debt, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > seize for debt
withset1445
rest1518
extend1585
arrest1599
extent1664
1445 A. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 27 He hathe suffrid the corne to ben with-sette for viij s. of rentte..wich yowre fadre paide nevere.
1477 W. Pecock in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 421 Mastras Clere hath sen[t] down hyre men and with-set alle þe stuff and wrekke.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun]
withsetting1340
arrestc1400
stanchingc1400
prevention1447
forbarringc1449
stop1544
preventing1563
stopple1578
cohibition1586
intercepting1598
stonda1604
attachment1609
preclusion1616
antevertinga1656
aversion1664
interpellation1814
suppression1859
stemming1914
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance
witherOE
wiþerstrencþc1175
withstanding1303
resistancea1325
gainstandinga1340
withsetting1340
resistencec1390
again-standingc1400
resisting1436
repugnance?a1439
gainstandc1470
disstandingc1485
against-standinga1500
repugnancya1500
resist1535
objection1543
reluctation1593
resistment1605
rebeck1609
reluctance1609
reluctancy1613
obluctation1615
redaction1621
resistencya1623
obstrigillation1623
resistal1631
resistancy1656
recalcitration1658
stemc1700
calcitration1867
push-back1984
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > barring the way
withsetting1340
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle
hinderc1200
withsetting1340
obstaclec1385
traversea1393
mara1400
bayc1440
stoppagec1450
barrace1480
blocka1500
objecta1500
clog1526
stumbling-stone1526
bar1530
(to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548
stumbling-stock1548
hindrance1576
a log in one's way1579
crossbar1582
log1589
rub1589
threshold1600
scotch1601
dam1602
remora1604
obex1611
obstructiona1616
stumbling-blocka1616
fence1639
affront1642
retardance1645
stick1645
balk1660
obstruent1669
blockade1683
sprun1684
spoke1689
cross cause1696
uncomplaisance1707
barrier1712
obstruct1747
dike1770
abatis1808
underbrush1888
bunker1900
bump1909
sprag1914
hurdle1924
headwind1927
mudhole1933
monkey wrench1937
roadblock1945
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 39 Þe ualse yulemde þet..zecheþ wyþsetti[n]gges and respit uor to bynime oþren hare oȝen.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 530/2 Wythe settynge, obsistencia.
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