Definition of Beseige
Be*siege" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Besieged (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Besieging.] [OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to
siege. See Siege.] 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.
Shak.
Syn. -- To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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