SIEGE
\sˈiːd͡ʒ], \sˈiːdʒ], \s_ˈiː_dʒ]\
Definitions of SIEGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
By Princeton University
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the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
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Hence, place or situation; seat.
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Rank; grade; station; estimation.
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Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
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The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.
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Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
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A workman's bench.
By Oddity Software
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A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
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Hence, place or situation; seat.
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Rank; grade; station; estimation.
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Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
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The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.
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Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
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A workman's bench.
By Noah Webster.
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The surrounding of a fortified place by an army to compel its surrender; continued attempt by force of arms to gain possession; investment.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A sitting down with an army round or before a fortified place to take it by force: a continued endeavor to gain possession.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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