Bible Dictionaries
Besetting

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.

(2):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beset

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Besetting'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/besetting.html. 1828.