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单词 besiegement
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besiegementn.

/bɪˈsiːdʒmənt/
Forms: Also 1600s besiedg-.
Etymology: Formed as besiege v. + -ment suffix.
The action of besieging or state of being besieged; also figurative.
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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
1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius v. f. 31 Setting before their eies, besiegement, hunger, and the arrogant enemy.
1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches sig. Eviiiv The Lord shall bring vpon you..famine..and..wrathfull..besiegement.
a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1692) III. i. 492 An unheard of way of besiegement.
1885 U. S. Grant Mem. xxxiv. 495 It is not probable..that Pemberton would have permitted a close besiegement.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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