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Webster 1913 Edition
Besiege
Be-siege′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Besieged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Besieging
.] 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. Shakespeare
Syn. – To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.
Webster 1828 Edition
Besiege
BESIE'GE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset, or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender, either by famine or by violent attacks; as, to besiege a castle or city.2.
To beset; to throng round.