besiege
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /bəˈsiːd͡ʒ/
besiege (besieges, present participle besieging; 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, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
- to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
- French: assiéger
- German: belagern
- Italian: assediare
- Portuguese: cercar, sitiar, assediar
- Russian: осажда́ть
- Spanish: asediar, sitiar
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