Besiege

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Besiege \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.


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           Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. --Shak.
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     Syn: To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  besiege
       v 1: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
            Vienna" [syn: {beleaguer}, {surround}, {hem in}, {circumvent}]
       2: cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so
          many problems that she got discouraged"
       3: harass, as with questions or requests; "The press
          photographers besieged the movie star"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "besiege":
     apply pressure, assail, assault, attack, beleaguer, beset,
     blandish, block, block off, block up, blockade, bound, box in, bug,
     buttonhole, cage, cajole, chamber, close in, coax, compass,
     contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral,
     cut off, dun, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, envelop,
     exert pressure, fence in, harass, harry, hedge in, hem in,
     house in, importune, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include,
     inundate, invest, jail, kennel, lay siege to, leaguer, mew, mew up,
     nag, nag at, overwhelm, pen, pen in, pester, petition, plague, ply,
     pocket, press, pressure, push, quarantine, rail in, shrine,
     shut in, shut up, soften up, stable, sue, surround, tease, trap,
     urge, wall in, wheedle, work on, wrap, yard, yard up