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SIEGE
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
Etymology
Noun
siege (plural sieges)
(heading) Military action.
(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
(US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
(figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
(heading) A seat.
(obsolete) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
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(obsolete) An ecclesiastical see.
(obsolete) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
A flock of heron.
(obsolete) A toilet seat.
(obsolete) The anus; the rectum.
(obsolete) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
(obsolete) Rank; grade; station; estimation.
(obsolete) The floor of a glass-furnace.
(obsolete) A workman's bench.
(obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
Synonyms
• (place with a toilet seat): See bathroom
Verb
siege (third-person singular simple present sieges, present participle sieging, simple past and past participle sieged)
(transitive, uncommon) To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.
Synonym: besiege
Anagrams
• Geise, Giese
Source: Wiktionary
Siege, n. Etym: [OE. sege, OF. siege, F. siège a seat, a siege; cf. It. seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio, assedio, a siege, F. assiéger to besiege, It. & LL. assediare, L. obsidium a siege, besieging; all ultimately fr. L. sedere to sit. See Sit, and cf. See, n.]
1. A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. [Obs.] "Upon the very siege of justice." Shak. A stately siege of sovereign majesty, And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay. Spenser. In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin called it "The siege perilous." Tennyson.
2. Hence, place or situation; seat. [Obs.] Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever. Painter (Palace of Pleasure).
3. Rank; grade; station; estimation. [Obs.] I fetch my life and being From men of royal siege. Shak.
4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. [Obs.] The siege of this mooncalf. Shak.
5. The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.
6. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession. Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast. Dryden.
7. The floor of a glass-furnace.
8. A workman's bench. Knught. Siege gun, a heavy gun for siege operations.
– Siege train, artillery adapted for attacking fortified places.
Siege, v. t.
Definition: To besiege; to beset. [R.] Through all the dangers that can siege The life of man. Buron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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