Besiege
[bɪ'siːdʒ] or [bɪ'sidʒ]
Definition
(verb.) harass, as with questions or requests; 'The press photographers besieged the movie star'.
(verb.) surround so as to force to give up; 'The Turks besieged Vienna'.
(verb.) cause to feel distressed or worried; 'She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged'.
Typist: Marcus--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.
Edited by Bernice
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Surround (with a military force), beset, beleaguer, invest, lay siege to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Beset, beleaguer, sit, invest
ANT:Abandon, {(Phrase}, {Raise_the_siege)}, Besmear,[See BEDAUB]
Typist: Steven
Definition
v.t. to lay siege to: to beset with armed forces: to throng round.—n. Besieg′er.—adv. Besieg′ingly (rare) urgently.
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Examples
- As I hoped in the end to besiege Vicksburg I must first destroy all possibility of aid. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They did not sit down to be besieged while the mutineers organized and gathered prestige; that would have lost them India for ever. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And now, the sea, late our defence, seems our prison bound; hemmed in by its gulphs, we shall die like the famished inhabitants of a besieged town. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We are regularly besieged. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This the Romans besieged, and a period of trench warfare ensued. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The position occupied by the Army of the Cumberland had been made very strong for defence during the months it had been besieged. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hooker's position in Lookout Valley was absolutely essential to us so long as Chattanooga was besieged. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Of course we were besieged by a rabble of muscular Egyptians and Arabs who wanted the contract of dragging us to the top--all tourists are. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Richmond was fortified and intrenched so perfectly that one man inside to defend was more than equal to five outside besieging or assaulting. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We were now looking west, besieging Pemberton, while we were also looking east to defend ourselves against an expected siege by Johnston. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They did so, and the besieging party grew noisy and more and more abusive as the fact became apparent (to them) that our men were afraid to come out. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They had shut up the inhabitants of a village and a Turkish garrison in an old fort near Jericho, and were besieging them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We were, for the time, practically two armies besieging. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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