withset

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English withsetten (“to resist, set against”), from Old English wiþsettan (“to resist; condemn”), equivalent to with- (“against”) +‎ set. === Verb === withset (third-person singular simple present withsets, present participle withsetting, simple past and past participle withset) (obsolete, transitive) To set oneself against; oppose; resist. (obsolete, intransitive) To be set against. R. of Brunne Their way he them withset. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To set (a place) with an ambush. ==== Related terms ==== withsit === Anagrams === tewhits, thwites, wettish, whitest