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Webster 1913 Edition

obsess

ob-sess′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
obsessus
, p. p. of
obsidere
to besiege;
ob
(see
Ob-
) +
sedere
to sit.]
1.
To besiege; to beset.
[archaic]
Sir T. Elyot.

Webster 1828 Edition

Obsess

OBSESS'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. obsideo, obsessus; ob and sedeo, to sit.] To besiege. [Not used.]

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