Associations to the word «Besiege»
Noun
- Rampart
- Thrace
- Fairfax
- Rouen
- Toulouse
- Charlemagne
- Jacobite
- Boulogne
- Mahmud
- Truce
- Aragon
- Assault
- Fort
- Gaius
- Famine
- Caliph
- Cromwell
- Zaragoza
- Spaniard
- Caesar
- Loyalist
- Catapult
- Force
- Roman
- Gibraltar
- Chao
- Antwerp
- Chronicler
- Babylon
- Ptolemy
- Dauphin
- Slav
- Refuge
- Revolt
- Messina
- Brutus
- Richelieu
- Sultan
- Nur
- Enclave
- Calais
- Suitor
- Horde
- Navarre
- Recapture
- Bc
- Entreaty
- Starving
- Dane
- Cid
- Capture
- Retreat
- Aquitaine
- Lucius
- Defender
- Matilda
- Ally
- Bahadur
- Riga
- Taunton
- Titus
- Castile
- Militant
- Claudius
- Rodrigo
- Toulon
- Crusade
- Corinth
- Sicily
Adjective
Wiktionary
BESIEGE, verb. (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
BESIEGE, verb. (transitive) (figuratively) To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset.
BESIEGE, verb. To assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
Dictionary definition
BESIEGE, verb. Surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna".
BESIEGE, verb. Cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged".
BESIEGE, verb. Harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star".
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