withset

verb

1. To set oneself against; oppose; resist.

   obsolete, transitive

2. To be set against.

   intransitive, obsolete

   Their way he them withset.

   R. of Brunne

3. To set (a place) with an ambush.

   transitive

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry withset (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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