3syllables
besetting
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Definitions ofbesetting
1verb
- To surround or hem in.
- (sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
- To decorate something with jewels etc.
- Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.
1noun
- The act of one who besets or attacks.
1adjective
- Deeply rooted; persistent.
- Obsessive
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