beset
Webster 1828
BESET', verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive beset 1. To surround; to inclose; to hem in; to besiege; as, we are beset with enemies; a city is beset with troops. Hence, 2. To press on all sides, so as to perplex; to entangle, so as to render escape difficult or impossible.Adam sore beset replied.3. To waylay.4. To fall upon