transcription, транскрипция: [ bɪset ]
( besets, besetting)
Note: The form 'beset' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
The country is beset by severe economic problems.
...the problems now besetting the country.
VERB : be V-ed by/with n , V n