English Explanatory Dictionary

withset

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To set oneself against; oppose; resist.
  2. To be set against.
  3. To set (a place) with an ambush.

Word forms

withset withsets withsetting

Etymology

From Middle English withsetten (“to resist, set against”), from Old English wiþsettan (“to resist; condemn”), equivalent to with- (“against”) + set.

Related words

withsit
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