withset

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withset

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

verb withsets · withsetting · withset

  1. obsolete, transitive To set oneself against; oppose; resist.
  2. intransitive, obsolete To be set against. R. of Brunne Their way he them withset.
  3. Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive To set (a place) with an ambush.

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