Withset

Origin

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

Full definition of withset

Verb

1. (transitive) To set oneself against; oppose; resist.
2. (intransitive) To be set against. "Their way he them withset." --R. of Brunne.
3. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To set (a place) with an ambush.

Related terms

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• whitest