umbeset

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English umbesetten (“to surround”), from Old English ymbsettan (“to set around, surround, beset, encompass”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”) + *satjaną (“to set”); 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”). More at set. === Verb === umbeset (third-person singular simple present umbesets, present participle umbesetting, simple past umbeset, past participle umbeset or umbesetten) (archaic or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward. 1922, J. Maitland Thomson, The Public Records of Scotland, Maclehose, Jackson and co., page 48: […] , and pressing to have bereft them of their lives by umbesetting of the high gates to that effect at divers times of before, […] 1972 (originally 1901), William Baird, General Wauchope, Books for Libraries Press, page 16: […] that king on one occasion, April 1535, having to grant a letter of protection in favour of him ‘and his wife and bairns’ against Sir Patrick Hepburn of Wauchtonne and thirty-four others for ‘umbesetting the highway for his slaughter.’ (archaic or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To overwhelm; cover completely. 1885, John Humberger, The Conquest and Triumph of Divine Wisdom and Love in Predestination, J. L. Traiger, unmarked page: The Opponents Umbeset with Trickery. ==== Derived terms ==== umbesetting ==== Related terms ==== beset