zasjesti
//zǎsjesti//
Serbo-Croatianverb
Definitions
- 1.to sit down to or at something, such as a table or a meal
- 2.to firmly plant oneself somewhere for a length of time
- 3.to firmly plant oneself in some position or office, not allowing oneself to be dislodged
- 4.to overstay, to stay too long in company or as a guest
- 5.to lodge in one’s throat
- 6.to set
- 7.to sit, to start to be in session
- 8.to mount (a horse)
- 9.to set an ambush for, to start lying in wait for
- 10.to besiege, to invest, to lay siege to
- 11.to bar (the way), to block off (passage)
- 12.archaicto take, to occupy (a seat, especially a throne)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zasěsti; compare Russian засесть (zasestʹ). By surface analysis, za- + sjȅsti.