besiege
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Besiege, be-sēj′, v.t. to lay siege to: to beset with armed forces: to throng round.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
"What is to hinder you from starving them into surrender?" signifies Friedrich, hastily: "Besiege me Stralsund!"
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Carlyle, Thomas
King Ferdinand prepared to Besiege the City of Baza, and how the City prepared for Defence.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Irving, Washington
Besiege him never so strictly, so long as the air is not cut from him, his heart faints not.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
But take to her, O gallant knight, This signet with my solemn plight To seek her presence straight, When varlets or a caitiff crew Resolved some evil deed to do— Besiege her castle gate.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason
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