"assiege" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈsiːd͡ʒ/ Forms: assieges [plural]
Rhymes: -iːdʒ Etymology: From Old French asegier (“besiege”) (Modern French assiéger); equivalent to a- + siege. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|asegier||besiege}} Old French asegier (“besiege”), {{cog|fr|assiéger}} French assiéger, {{pre|en|a|siege}} a- + siege Head templates: {{en-noun}} assiege (plural assieges)
  1. (obsolete) A siege. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-assiege-en-noun-397MClnT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12

Verb

IPA: /əˈsiːd͡ʒ/ Forms: assieges [present, singular, third-person], assieging [participle, present], assieged [participle, past], assieged [past]
Rhymes: -iːdʒ Etymology: From Old French asegier (“besiege”) (Modern French assiéger); equivalent to a- + siege. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|asegier||besiege}} Old French asegier (“besiege”), {{cog|fr|assiéger}} French assiéger, {{pre|en|a|siege}} a- + siege Head templates: {{en-verb}} assiege (third-person singular simple present assieges, present participle assieging, simple past and past participle assieged)
  1. (transitive) To besiege. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-assiege-en-verb-8QpVAJS3

Inflected forms

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