Besieging

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

  Besieging \Be*sie"ging\, a.
     That besieges; laying siege to. -- {Be*sie"ging*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  besieging
       n : the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified
           place and isolates it while continuing to attack [syn: {siege},
            {beleaguering}, {military blockade}]