Associations to the word «Besiege»
Noun
- Fortress
- Siege
- Garrison
- Stronghold
- Ottomans
- Royalist
- Parliamentarian
- Citadel
- Byzantine
- Sortie
- Sarajevo
- Crusader
- Chattanooga
- Venetian
- Vicksburg
- Athenian
- Carthage
- Aleppo
- Surrender
- Reinforcement
- Antioch
- Kimberley
- Mongol
- Damascus
- Ravenna
- Pasha
- Leningrad
- Castle
- Prussian
- Metz
- Hannibal
- Constantinople
- Pompey
- Retreated
- Blockade
- Boer
- Ottoman
- Romans
- Fortification
- Rebel
- Turk
- Byzantium
- Troop
- Peking
- Persian
- Tripoli
- Assailant
- Goth
- Gaul
- Austrian
- Assyrian
- Syracuse
- Tyre
- Insurgent
- Alfonso
- Starvation
- Danzig
- Mughal
- Mercenary
- Maratha
- Swede
- Berwick
- Jerusalem
- Lille
- Vandal
- Tilly
- Counterattack
- Earle
- Emir
- Rochelle
- Cossack
- Army
- Lucknow
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
BESIEGE, verb. (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
BESIEGE, verb. (transitive) (figuratively) To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset.
BESIEGE, verb. To assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
Dictionary definition
BESIEGE, verb. Surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna".
BESIEGE, verb. Cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged".
BESIEGE, verb. Harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.