KJV Dictionary Definition: besiege

besiege

BESIE'GE, v.t. be and siege.

1. To lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset, or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender, either by famine or by violent attacks; as, to besiege a castle or city.

2. To beset; to throng round.

besieged

BESIE'GED, pp. Surrounded or beset with hostile troops.

besieger

BESIE'GER, n. One who lays siege, or is employed in a siege.

besieging

BESIE'GING,, ppr. Laying siege; surrounding with armed forces.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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