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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. surround so as to force to give up;
- Example: "The Turks besieged Vienna"
[syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent]

2. cause to feel distressed or worried;
- Example: "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"

3. harass, as with questions or requests;
- Example: "The press photographers besieged the movie star"



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):

besiege
    v 1: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
         Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in,
         circumvent]
    2: cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so
       many problems that she got discouraged"
    3: harass, as with questions or requests; "The press
       photographers besieged the movie star"