Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
surrounded by hostile forces;
- Example: "the besieged town"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Besiege \Be*siege"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besieged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Besieging.] [OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to
siege. See Siege.]
To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of
compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to
beset.
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Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. --Shak.
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Syn: To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
besieged
adj 1: surrounded by hostile forces; "the besieged town"