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Definition of Besiege

1. Verb. Surround so as to force to give up. "The Turks besieged Vienna"

2. Verb. Cause to feel distressed or worried. "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"

3. Verb. Harass, as with questions or requests. "The press photographers besieged the movie star"

Definition of Besiege

1. v. t. To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.

Definition of Besiege

1. Verb. (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset. ¹

3. Verb. to assail or ply, as with requests or demands. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Besiege

1. to surround [v -SIEGED, -SIEGING, -SIEGES] - See also: surround

Lexicographical Neighbors of Besiege

beshouts beshow beshrew beshrewed beshrewing beshrews beshroud beshrouded beshrouding beshrouds

beshut beside beside oneself beside the point besides besiege (current term) besieged besiegement besiegements besieger

besiegers besieges besieging besiegingly besigh besighed besighing besighs besilesomab besilver

Literary usage of Besiege

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1795)
"army to besiege, or whether he was blinded by a train of uniform success, which made him believe his arms irresistible under every disadvantage, ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"... by the mortifying discovery that the richest part of the imperial spoil The Goths ,,, . , . •, n » TT j • mi besiege had been within the walls ot ..."

3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"... on Visit to Friedrich; sees Friedrich besiege Brieg, with Effect. It was April 26th, when Marechal de Belleisle, with his Brother the Chevalier, ..."

4. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... sees Friedrich besiege Brieg, with Effect It was April 26th when Marechal de Belleisle, with his Brother the Chevalier, with Valori and other bright ..."

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