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Definition of Besetment
1. n. The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin.
Definition of Besetment
1. Noun. The state of being beset. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Besetment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besetment
Literary usage of Besetment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of General William Booth: The Founder of the Salvation Army by Harold Begbie (1920)
"I speak with all tenderness, and as the beloved of my soul I tell you, that I
see ambition to be your chief mental besetment, not a besetment if rightly ..."
2. Handbook of Polar Discoveries by Adolphus Washington Greely (1907)
"Ignoring the accepted canons of ice- navigation, of avoiding besetment and
following the protected lee of land-masses, he planned a continuance of the ..."
3. Handbook of Polar Discoveries by Adolphus Washington Greely (1910)
"This record (pages 129-131) briefly sets forth their winter at Beechey Island,
their important geographic discoveries in Wellington Channel, the besetment ..."
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