BESIEGING

siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade

(noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

besieging

present participle of besiege

Noun

besieging (plural besiegings)

The act by which a place is besieged.

Source: Wiktionary

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Be*sie"ging, a.

Definition: That besieges; laying siege to.

– Be*sie"ging*ly, adv.

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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