besiege

English

/bəˈsiːd͡ʒ/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
  • (transitive) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
  • to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English besegen prefix from English siege root from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (sit).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sed-

Gloss

sit

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Kanji

座

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