assiegementn.
/əˈsiːdʒmənt/ archaic.
A besieging or beleaguering, a siege.
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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun]
sieginga1382
besieging1382
siegec1385
pursuitc1425
obsidionc1429
assizec1430
assieginga1450
sitting down1495
obsession1548
besiege1552
besiegement1564
assiegement1577
investion1590
investing1597
beleaguering1603
blocking1637
investiture1649
blockade1659
begirting1660
investment1702
beleaguerment1826
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1589/2 The assiegement of those two townes, Boulogne and Muttrell.
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 215 They vanish from the assiegement of the saints.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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