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Definition of Besieged
1. Adjective. Surrounded by hostile forces. "The besieged town"
Definition of Besieged
1. Verb. (past of besiege) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Besieged
1. besiege [v] - See also: besiege
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besieged
Literary usage of Besieged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1921)
"WHAT place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege? Lo, I send to that
place a commander, swift, brave, immortal. And with him horse and foot, ..."
2. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"And because it cannot be known what articles the besieged may want, the law
forbids, in general terms, carrying any thing to them ; otherwise disputes and ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1828)
"... Abad surrenders—Erivan again besieged and taken—The Russians enter
Tauris—Preliminaries of Peace signed—The Schah refuses to ratify them—Levy of Troops ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1821)
"Dumourier proposes to take possession of Maestricht. His Return to the Army.
Plan for attacking Holland. Breda besieged and taken. ..."
5. The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"According to a practice The siege of which we have often heard already, two
temporary^,, forts, no doubt of wood, were raised, so as to hem in the besieged ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"be marched along the banks of the river, and rescued CHAP. the empress, who was
besieged in Demotica by the wild i LXIV- Bulgarians. ..."
7. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1900)
"CHAPTER XIV How the lady that was besieged had word from her sister how she had
brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved. ..."
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