sieged
simple past tense and past participle of siege
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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
