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单词 besiege
释义

besiegen.

Forms: Also 1500s beseyge, 1600s beseige.
Etymology: < besiege v.
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.

/bɪˈsiːdʒ/
Forms: Middle English–1500s bysege, Middle English biseche, Middle English besege, bisege, Middle English biseige, 1600s besiedge, besige, Middle English– besiege.
Etymology: Middle English bi- , by- , besege(n , < be- prefix 1 + sege(n, aphetic < asege(n , assiege n.
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).
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