BESIEGED

besieged

(adjective) surrounded by hostile forces; “the besieged town”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

besieged

simple past tense and past participle of besiege

Anagrams

• debeiges

Source: Wiktionary


BESIEGE

Be*siege", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besieged; p. pr. & vb. n. Besieging.] Etym: [OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to siege. See Siege.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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