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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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