besætte

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German besetten, from Old Saxon *bisettian, from Proto-West Germanic *bisattjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną (“to beset, set around”), cognate with German besetzen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b̥eˈsɛd̥ə]

Verb

besætte (imperative besæt, infinitive at besætte, present tense besætter, past tense besatte, perfect tense har besat)

  1. to occupy (a space or a territory)
  2. to squat (to occupy without permission)
  3. to obsess (a mind)
  4. to possess (of a spirit)
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