Besiege Definition

bĭ-sēj
besieged, besieges, besieging
verb
besieged, besieges, besieging
To surround with hostile forces.
The soldiers besieged the walled city.
American Heritage
To hem in with armed forces, esp. for a sustained attack; lay siege to.
Webster's New World
To crowd around; hem in.
Fans besieged the star as she came out of the hotel.
American Heritage
To close in on; crowd around.
Webster's New World
To harass or overwhelm, as with requests.
A shop owner besieged by job applications.
American Heritage
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Origin of Besiege

  • Middle English besegen probably alteration of assegen from Old French assegier from Vulgar Latin assedicāre Latin ad- ad- Vulgar Latin sedicāre to sit siege

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Besiege Sentence Examples

  • His first action was to besiege Ptolemais.

  • By constructing an entrenched camp at Ulm and concentrating all the available food within it, he expected to compel Napoleon to invest and besiege him, and he anticipated that in the devastated country his adversary would be compelled to separate and thus fall an easy prey to the Russians.

  • Baldwin along with Dandolo, the count of Blois, and Marshal Villehardouin, the historian, marched to besiege that city.

  • At the end of 1155 Greek troops recovered Bari and began to besiege Brindisi.

  • An attempt made by the latter in the summer to besiege Maastricht was frustrated by Marshal Schomberg with a detachment of the king's army (August).

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