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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
besiege/bɪˈsiːʤ/
▶verb
- 1 surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.
- 2 crowd round oppressively.
■ (be besieged) be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints.
– derivatives
besieger noun.
besieger noun.
– origin ME: alt. of assiege, from OFr. asegier.
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