Meaning

3 senses

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

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To set oneself against; oppose; resist.

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To be set against.

    R. of Brunne Their way he them withset.

Origin

From Middle English withsetten (“to resist, set against”), from Old English wiþsettan (“to

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

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Forms

withsets, withsetting, withset, withset
Base formwithset · to withset
3rd person singularwithsets
Present participlewithsetting
Past simplewithset
Past participlewithset

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywithset
he, she, itwithsets

Past simpleLesson

all personswithset

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave withset
he, she, ithas withset

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill withset

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwithsit

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
withoutA2withstandwitnessB2wittyB2
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