Besieging
[bi'si:dʒɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besiege
(a.) That besieges; laying siege to.
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Examples
- 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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