"besiege" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bəˈsiːd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-besiege.wav [UK] Forms: besiege [canonical], besieges [third-person, singular], besieged [past], besieged [past, participle], besieging [present, participle]
Etymology: be- + siege Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|be|siege}} be- + siege Head templates: {{verb|besieg|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you besiege a place, you surround it with armed forces for the purpose of capturing it or forcing it to surrender.
    Sense id: simple-besiege-en-verb-vhtyfl6h
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with be-
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