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besiege

[ bih-seej ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, be·sieged, be·sieg·ing.

to lay siege to.
to crowd around; crowd in upon; surround:
Vacationers besieged the travel office.
to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
Synonyms: hound, harry, harass, pester, beset

besiege

/ bɪˈsiːdʒ /

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

Origin of besiege¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English bysegen; be-, siege

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.

One is that the English should have gone so far out of their way as to besiege Dunaverty so zealously, or at all.

Towards the end of March 1312 he was preparing to besiege Berwick with an unusually large force.

He was able to invade the latter country in force, and to besiege the city of Urmi for some weeks in the early seventies.

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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