beset

/bษชหˆsษ›t/

IPA: /B IH0 S EH1 T/

verb
  1. 1

    To surround or hem in.

  2. 2

    (sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.

  3. 3

    To decorate something with jewels etc.

  4. 4

    Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beset