besiegingn.
/bɪˈsiːdʒɪŋ/ The action of laying siege to (a place); the condition of being besieged.
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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun]
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besieging1382
siegec1385
pursuitc1425
obsidionc1429
assizec1430
assieginga1450
sitting down1495
obsession1548
besiege1552
besiegement1564
assiegement1577
investion1590
investing1597
beleaguering1603
blocking1637
investiture1649
blockade1659
begirting1660
investment1702
beleaguerment1826
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. iv. 2 Thou shalt ordeyne aȝens it a bisegynge.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. x. 17 Thou that dwellist in bisegyng.
1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre vi. f. xciiiv The defending and besiegyng of Tounes.
1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. l. 4 He..fortified the citie against besieging . View more context for this quotation
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. ii. 66 Chiefly used in besieging of cities.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
besiegingadj.
That besieges; employed in a siege.
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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] > besieging or blockading
blockading1735
beleaguering1753
investing1780
besieging1813
leaguering1816
1813 Examiner 17 May 307/2 The besieging corps before Dantzick.
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 103 The arras..Flutter'd in the besieging wind's uproar.
1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses xv A will as patient..as that which a besieging army needs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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