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besiege
/ bɪˈsiːdʒ /
verb
- to surround (a fortified area, esp a city) with military forces to bring about its surrender
- to crowd round; hem in
- to overwhelm, as with requests or queries
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Derived Forms
- beˈsieger, noun
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Other Words From
- be·siege·ment noun
- be·sieg·er noun
- be·sieg·ing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
And I will make a circle round about thee, and I will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.
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One is that the English should have gone so far out of their way as to besiege Dunaverty so zealously, or at all.
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Towards the end of March 1312 he was preparing to besiege Berwick with an unusually large force.
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He was able to invade the latter country in force, and to besiege the city of Urmi for some weeks in the early seventies.
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Not long after Guise's approach, fearing that his design was to besiege the city of Orleans, Coligny threw himself into it.
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