单词 | besiege |
释义 | † besiegen. Obsolete. Besieging, siege. ΘΚΠ 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 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Besiege laier, obsessor. 1599 R. Hakluyt tr. R. Reineccius in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 15 The besiege of Sagitta. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 854/1 The beseege of Inis-Kellen. 1664 Floddan Field iii. 22 Your saults and hard besiege. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). besiegev. 1. a. transitive. To sit down before (a town, castle, etc.) with armed forces in order to capture it; to lay siege to, beleaguer, invest. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)] belieOE besita1100 beset?c1225 assiege1297 besiege1297 belayc1320 umsiegea1325 ensiegec1380 environa1382 to set before1382 siege1390 forset?a1400 foldc1400 setc1400 to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449 oppugn?a1475 pursue1488 obsess1503 ferma1522 gird1548 begird1589 beleaguer1590 block1591 invest1591 intermure1606 blockade1684 to lay blockade to1713 leaguer1720 to form the siege1776 cerne1857 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 387 Þys ost wende þuderward..And byseged þen castel syx wouke wel vaste. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4275 Þyn barons..þat so buþ be-seged on þat tour. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxi. 2 Steeȝh vp, Elam, and bisege [v.r. biseche] Medeba. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 9211 Twelve moneþ he biseged hit. c1440 Gesta Romanorum 9 A certeyn Cite..was biseigyd with..enemeys of þe Emperoure. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxiii. 8 Saul called all the people together..to besiege Dauid, and his men. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 490 This Cittie now by vs besiedg'd. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 338 Agrican with all his Northern powers Besieg'd Albracca. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) VII. lx. 67 Antigonus besieged the city for ten months. b. figurative and transferred. ΚΠ 1600 R. Armin Foole vpon Foole sig. D2 Hauing wrong off her neck, begins to besiedge that good morsell. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets ii. sig. B When fortie Winters shall beseige thy brow. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 10 The mallady That doth my life besiege . View more context for this quotation 2. transferred. To crowd round like a besieging army; to block up, hem in. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] befong971 beclipc1000 begoc1000 belieOE bestandc1000 to go about ——OE umbegangc1200 behema1250 befallc1275 berunc1275 girdc1290 bihalvena1300 umlapa1300 umlaya1300 umlouka1300 umbegoc1300 belayc1320 halsea1340 enclose1340 umbelapa1350 embracec1360 betrendc1374 circlec1374 umbecasta1375 to give about1382 environa1393 umbeclipa1395 compassa1400 encircle?a1400 enourle?a1400 umbegivea1400 umbeseta1400 umbeliec1400 umbetighc1400 enroundc1420 measurec1425 umbsteadc1450 adviron?1473 purprise1481 umbeviron1489 belta1500 girtha1500 overgirda1500 engirt15.. envirea1513 round?a1513 brace1513 umbereach1513 becompass1520 circuea1533 girtc1540 umbsetc1540 circule1553 encompass1555 circulate?a1560 ingyre1568 to do about1571 engird1573 circumdate1578 succinge1578 employ1579 circuate1581 girdle1582 wheel1582 circumgyre1583 enring1589 ringa1592 embail1593 enfold1596 invier1596 stem1596 circumcingle1599 ingert1599 engirdle1602 circulize1603 circumscribe1605 begirt1608 to go round1610 enwheela1616 surround1616 shingle1621 encirculize1624 circumviron1632 beround1643 orba1644 circumference1646 becircle1648 incircuitc1650 circumcinge1657 circumtend1684 besiege1686 cincture1789 zone1795 cravat1814 encincture1820 circumvent1824 begirdle1837 perambulate1863 cordon1891 1686 Gentlemans Recreation i. 101 A Planet is besieged, when he is between the Bodies of the two..Malevolents, Saturn and Mars. 1717 A. Pope Elegy Unfortunate Lady in Wks. 360 Frequent herses shall besiege your gates. 1789 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 20 The people have besieged the doors of the bakers. 3. figurative. To assail with importunate addresses or prayers. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > urge or importune depressc1400 nurnc1400 pressc1440 labourc1450 instancea1513 instanta1513 importune1530 to lie at, upon1535 apply1559 urge1568 importunate1574 ply1581 to put on ——?a1600 flagitate1623 besiege1712 earwig1804 bone1856 tout1920 S.O.S.a1936 opportune1941 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 534. ⁋5 There is one gentleman who besieges me as close as the French did Bouchain. 1738 A. Pope 7th Epist. 1st Bk. Horace in Wks. II. ii. 29 Fools with Compliments besiege ye. 1837 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VI. xlvii. 377 The Ministers of State were besieged with innumerable applications for every office. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xix. 293 Pious souls..who daily and nightly besieged Heaven with supplications. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1552v.1297 |
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