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| siege [ seej ] |
noun (plural sieg·es) |
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1. military operation: a military or police operation in which troops or the police surround a place and cut off all outside access to force surrender
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often used before a noun
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  siege warfare
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2. prolonged effort: a prolonged effort to gain or overcome something
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3. tiresome period: a prolonged and tedious period
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transitive verb (past and past participle sieged, present participle sieg·ing, 3rd person present singular sieg·es) |
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military subject place to siege: to assail or besiege an enemy's fortifications
a town sieged with troops
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| [12th century. < Old French sege "seat" < Latin sedere "sit"] |
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lay siege to something
1. to besiege a place
2. to make a persistent attempt to gain something
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