Hypertext Webster Gateway: "besieging"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. --Shak.
Syn: To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Besieging \Be*sie"ging\, a.
That besieges; laying siege to. -- {Be*sie"ging*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
besieging
n : the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified
place and isolates it while continuing to attack [syn: {siege},
{beleaguering}, {military blockade}]
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