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besettings

besettings is the plural of besetting.

Meaning of besetting

Noun

besetting (plural besettings)

  1. The act of one who besets or attacks.
    • I might also here tell you of the contests and battles that such are engaged in, wherein they find the besettings of Satan, above any other of the saints.1689, John Bunyan, The Jerusalem-sinner saved, or, Good news for the vilest of men being a help for despairing souls, shewing that Jesus Christ would have mercy in the first place offered to the...

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Questions about besettings

What is besettings the plural of?
Besettings is the plural of besetting.

Words near besettings in the dictionary

  1. besetten
  2. besetter
  3. besetters
  4. besettest
  5. besetting
  6. besettings
  7. besew
  8. besews
  9. BESEX
  10. Besford
  11. beshackle

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