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Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German besetten, from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną (“to beset, set around”), cognate with German besetzen.
Pronunciation
Verb
besætte (imperative besæt, infinitive at besætte, present tense besætter, past tense besatte, perfect tense har besat)
- to occupy (a space or a territory)
- to squat (to occupy without permission)
- to obsess (a mind)
- to possess (of a spirit)