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)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To set oneself against; oppose; resist.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be set against.
   • R. of Brunne

     Their way he them withset.

3. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To set (a place) with an ambush.

Related terms

• withsit

Anagrams

• tewhits, thwites, wettish, whitest