Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Withset

With-set′

,
Verb.
T.
To set against; to oppose.
[Obs.]
“Their way he them withset.”
R. of Brunne.

Definition 2024


withset

withset

English

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, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To set (a place) with an ambush.

Related terms

Anagrams