Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to umbeset
Participle: umbeseted
Gerund: umbeseting
Indicative
Present
| I | umbeset |
| you | umbeset |
| he;she;it | umbesets |
| we | umbeset |
| you | umbeset |
| they | umbeset |
Perfect
| I | have umbeseted |
| you | have umbeseted |
| he;she;it | has umbeseted |
| we | have umbeseted |
| you | have umbeseted |
| they | have umbeseted |
Past
| I | umbeseted |
| you | umbeseted |
| he;she;it | umbeseted |
| we | umbeseted |
| you | umbeseted |
| they | umbeseted |
Pluperfect
| I | had umbeseted |
| you | had umbeseted |
| he;she;it | had umbeseted |
| we | had umbeseted |
| you | had umbeseted |
| they | had umbeseted |
Future
| I | will umbeset |
| you | will umbeset |
| he;she;it | will umbeset |
| we | will umbeset |
| you | will umbeset |
| they | will umbeset |
Future Perfect
| I | will have umbeseted |
| you | will have umbeseted |
| he;she;it | will have umbeseted |
| we | will have umbeseted |
| you | will have umbeseted |
| they | will have umbeseted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | umbeset |
| you | umbeset |
| he;she;it | umbeset |
| we | umbeset |
| you | umbeset |
| they | umbeset |
Perfect
| I | have umbeseted |
| you | have umbeseted |
| he;she;it | have umbeseted |
| we | have umbeseted |
| you | have umbeseted |
| they | have umbeseted |
Imperfect
| I | umbeseted |
| you | umbeseted |
| he;she;it | umbeseted |
| we | umbeseted |
| you | umbeseted |
| they | umbeseted |
Pluperfect
| I | had umbeseted |
| you | had umbeseted |
| he;she;it | had umbeseted |
| we | had umbeseted |
| you | had umbeseted |
| they | had umbeseted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would umbeset |
| you | would umbeset |
| he;she;it | would umbeset |
| we | would umbeset |
| you | would umbeset |
| they | would umbeset |
Perfect
| I | would have umbeseted |
| you | would have umbeseted |
| he;she;it | would have umbeseted |
| we | would have umbeseted |
| you | would have umbeseted |
| they | would have umbeseted |
Imperative
| you | umbeset |
| we | Let's umbeset |
| you | umbeset |
Verbs conjugated like 'umbeset'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'umbeset'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle
- behedge, forestay, forslow, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, incommode, obstruct, overslaugh, prevene, prevent, restrict, retard, slow down, stay, thwart, thwarten, undermine
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English umbesetten (“to surround”), from Old English ymbsettan (“to set around, surround, beset, encompass”), from Proto-West Germanic *umbisattjan (“to set around, encompass”); equivalent to um- + beset or umbe- + set. Compare also Old English ymbsittan (“to sit around, surround”), Dutch omzetten (“to convert, transpose”), German umsetzen (“to move to another place, convert, transform, transplant, adjust, rearrange”). See: Old English '
ymbsettan', Old English '
ymbsittan', Dutch '
omzetten', German, old spelling '
umsetzen'.
Verbs referencing "umbeset"
German, old spelling
umsetzen.
Sample Sentences
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The Lord Gordon ships with some friends. Monro umbesets his way; yet he escapes, ignorant of Monro's devyse. [1828, John Spalding, The history of the troubles and memorable transactions in Scotland:]
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[…] to underly the law at the lext Justice-aire of Renfrew, for umbesetting the high-way, by way of Murder; [1891, William Robertson, Historic Ayrshire, volume 1, page 9:]
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[…] , and pressing to have bereft them of their lives by umbesetting of the high gates to that effect at divers times of before, […] [1922, J. Maitland Thomson, The Public Records of Scotland, Maclehose, Jackson and co., page 48]
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[…] that king on one occasion, April 1535, having to grant a letter of protection in favour of him ‘and his wife and bairns’ against Sir Patrick Hepburn of Wauchtonne and thirty-four others for ‘umbesetting the highway for his slaughter.’ [1972 (originally 1901), William Baird, General Wauchope, Books for Libraries Press, page 16]
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The Opponents Umbeset with Trickery. [1885, John Humberger, The Conquest and Triumph of Divine Wisdom and Love in Predestination, J. L. Traiger, unmarked page]
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But soothly, of sithes the more I am umbeset with anguish of heart, and destitute of all men’s comfort, the more favourable and godly I find her to me. [1952, Walter Milton, The Goad of Love, Faber & Faber, page 201:]
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Certainly a good soul umbeset with many diseases, and noyed with the heat of temptation, can not feel the sweetness of God’s love as it is in itself; [1971, Richard Rolle, The Fire of Love, CCEL, page 164:]