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besiege(dictionary)

besiege (iou)



besiege verb trans. ME.
[from ASSIEGE by substitution of BE-.]
Place armed forces before or around (a town etc.) in order to capture it; lay siege to. ME.
transf. & fig. Assail, crowd round, beset. E17.
Shakespeare Sonnets When forty winters shall besiege thy brow. W. Gerhardie He was besieged with notes requesting private interviews.
besieger noun M16.