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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack;
[syn: siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Besiege \Be*siege"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besieged; p. pr. & vb. n. Besieging.] [OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to siege. See Siege.] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. [1913 Webster] Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To environ; hem in; invest; encompass. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Besieging \Be*sie"ging\, a. That besieges; laying siege to. -- Be*sie"ging*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

besieging n 1: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack [syn: siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade]