besiege
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- Rhymes: -iːdʒ
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to besiege (third-person singular simple present besieges, present participle besieging, simple past and past participle besieged)
- (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
- (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset.
- to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
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