Definition of siege

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Siege (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession..

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Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town..
Besieged :: Besieged (imp. & p. p.) of Besieg.
Besiege :: Besiege (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset..
Succor :: Succor (v. t.) To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city..
Sally :: Sally (v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
Leaguerer :: Leaguerer (n.) A besieger.
Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.
Siege :: Siege (n.) Hence, place or situation; seat..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..
Siege :: Siege (n.) The floor of a glass-furnace.
Battering Train :: Battering train () A train of artillery for siege operations.
Boyau :: Boyau (n.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc..
Besiegement :: Besiegement (n.) The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged..
Siegework :: Siegework (n.) A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.
Assiege :: Assiege (n.) A siege.
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys..
Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place..
Leaguer :: Leaguer (v. t.) To besiege; to beleaguer.
Resiege :: Resiege (v. t.) To seat again; to reinstate.
Siege :: Siege (n.) Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
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