zasjesti

Pronunciation: /zǎsjesti/

“zasjesti” is a Serbo-Croatian word. Its 12 meanings in English:

verb

to sit down to or at something, such as a table or a meal
to firmly plant oneself somewhere for a length of time
to firmly plant oneself in some position or office, not allowing oneself to be dislodged
to overstay, to stay too long in company or as a guest
to lodge in one’s throat
to set
to sit, to start to be in session
to take, to occupy (a seat, especially a throne)
to mount (a horse)
to set an ambush for, to start lying in wait for
to besiege, to invest, to lay siege to
to bar (the way), to block off (passage)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zasěsti; compare Russian засесть (zasestʹ). By surface analysis, za- + sjȅsti.

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