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===verb transitive===

[[encircle]], [[stand round]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[περιίστασθαι]], [[κυκλοῦσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμφίστασθαι]].

[[set round]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[περιβάλλειν]].

[[occupy]], [[seize]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καταλαμβάνειν]].

[[besiege]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[πολιορκεῖν]]; see [[besiege]].

Met., [[harass]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πιέζειν]], [[λυπεῖν]].

[[fear has beset me]]: [[verse|V.]] [[φόβος τις εἰσελήλυθε]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 1324).

[[be beset]], [[haunted by]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συνεῖναι]] (dat.), [[συνέχεσθαι]] (dat.), [[verse|V.]] [[ἔγκεισθαι]] (dat.).

[[beset with]], [[infested with]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μεστός]] (gen.).
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