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BESETMENT

\bɪsˈɛtmənt], \bɪsˈɛtmənt], \b_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_t_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of BESETMENT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Obsession.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The state of being beset; a failing to which one is prone.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Besetting sin; being hemmed in.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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