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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Besiege \Be*siege"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besieged}; p. pr & vb n. {Besieging}.] [OE. bisegen pref. be- + segen to siege. See {Siege}.] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to to beleaguer; to beset. Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. --Shak. Syn: To environ; hem in invest; encompass. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Besieging \Be*sie"ging\, a. That besieges; laying siege to -- {Be*sie"ging*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: besieging n : the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack [syn: {siege}, {beleaguering}, {military blockade}]
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