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sieged
sieged adj. 
/siːdʒd/
/siːdʒd/ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] > besieged or blockaded
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besiegedc1440
ysegede?a1475
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beleaguered1644
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blockaded1747
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) v. f. 66v A chill colde sweat my sieged limmes opprest.
1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 140 These two could not agree, which he should part To sucker sieged frends.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads v. 205 Since in a sieged towne, I thought our horse-meate would be scant.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xviii. 292 Who to remoue the Foe from sieged Harflew, sent, Affrighted them like death.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. vii. 60/2 In sea-storms and sieged cities and other death-scenes.
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