v. Obs. [OE. wiþsettan: see WITH- and SET v.]

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  1.  trans. To resist, oppose, withstand. Also occas. const. inf.: To prevent from doing something.

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c. 1000.  Lambeth Ps. xvi[i]. 9. Ʒescyld me fram ansyne arleasra þa þe me ʓeswenctun vel wiðsettun.

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c. 1000.  in Assmann, Ags. Hom., vii. 186. Ðonne sende he heom fultum ðurh sumne deman, ðe wiðsette heoræ feondum.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 113. Deus superbis resistit … Drihten widset þan prudan.

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a. 1330.  Roland & V., 834. No hadde ben þe bacinet, Þat þe strok wiþ sett.

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c. 1330.  R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 2921. Hauen to aryue þey hym wyþsette.

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1393.  Langl., P. Pl., C. I. 174. Myȝte we with eny wyt hus wil with-sette, We myȝte be lordes aloft.

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a. 1430.  Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903), 215/394. Holi writt, Þat cleerli schewiþ þee goostli liȝt, How þou schuldist deedli synne with-sett.

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c. 1430.  Syr Gener. (Roxb.), 4518. Generides and his feres to lete, And here entre to withsett.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 530/2. Wythe settyn’, obsto, obsisto.

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c. 1450.  Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.), 212. If thou with-sett the deuyl in his deede.

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  2.  To beset (a way, etc.) so as to prevent a person from passing. (In early use with dat. of person.)

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 23727. Ded has vs wit-sett vr strete, Nil we, wil we, we sal mete.

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1338.  R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 337. Als þei fro kirke cam, Þer way he þam withsette.

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1375.  Barbour, Bruce, XIV. 107. Twa of thame … With-set ane place in-till his way … With twa thousand of men.

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c. 1400.  Ywaine & Gaw., 1921. Sir Ywayne sone with-set the yate, That the eril myght noght in tharate.

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1426.  Lydg., De Guil. Pilgr., 10527. Thys .iii. confederat, Causen … a perillous mortal stryff To pylgrymes … Ther weyes, when they ha wyth-set.

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  3.  To seize in compensation for a debt, etc.

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1445.  Paston Lett., I. 58. He hathe suffrid the corne to ben with sette for viijs. of rentte … wich yowre fadre paide nevere. Ibid. (1477), III. 211. Mastras Clere hath sen down hyr men, and with set alle the stuff and wrekke.

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  Hence † Withsetting vbl. sb.

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1340.  Ayenb., 39. Þe ualse yulemde þet … zecheþ wyþsetti[n]gges and respit uor to bynime oþren hare oȝen.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 530/2. Wythe settynge, obsistencia.

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