Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To besiege.
- noun A siege.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To besiege.
- noun obsolete A siege.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A siege.
- verb To
besiege .
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Examples
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Burgundy, he sent his steward against them of Sens for to assiege the city.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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The tidings came to him one day that Briant and Meliant were riding through his land with great routs of folk, and were minded to assiege Pannenoisance; and the King issued forth of
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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Montagnards (1867); Histoire de la Revolution de 1870-71 (second edition, 1875, 5 vols.); La France Envahie (1871); Le Champ de Bataille de Sedan (1871); Paris assiege and Les Prussiens chez eux (1872); Cinq
Prince Zilah — Complete Jules Claretie 1876
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