beset

verb14

1. •
   To assail or attack (someone) from all sides; to set about.
2. •
   (figurative) Of dangers, difficulties, enemies, etc.: to negatively affect (someone or something); to trouble.

   • Fred Brentnall, in his squeaky lorikeet voice reads to the House Lawson's last two stanzas, just to highlight the danger besetting the colony of Queensland, indeed, the whole country:[…] — 2006
3. •
   To occupy and block (an entrance, a passage, etc.), especially to prevent people from passing.
4. •
   To decorate (someone or something) by surrounding with accessories, etc.
5. •
   (no longer used) Followed by with: to encircle or surround (someone or something); to hem in.

   • For thou, deere Lord, thou me besett'st; / Thy rodd and thy staff be / To comfort me: […] — 1587
6. •
   (no longer used) To trap (a ship) within frozen sea; to ice in.
7. •
   (no longer used) Of soldiers, etc.: to surround (a place) to compel surrender; to besiege.
8. •
   (no longer used) To give (something); to bestow, to present.
9. •
   (no longer used) To spend or use (something, such as effort, money, time, or words).
10. •
    (no longer used) Followed by on or upon: to place or set (love, trust, etc.) on someone.
11. •
    (no longer used) To capture (an animal); to ensnare, to entrap.
12. •
    (no longer used) To arrange or set (something) in order.
13. •
    (no longer used) To be appropriate or fitting for (something); to become, to befit.
14. •
    (no longer used) Followed by with: to accord or go well with something.