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siege - What does it mean?

Definition of 'siege'

English

(wikipedia)

Alternative forms

* syege

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (label) A seat.
  • #(label) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
  • #*.
  • #*:Now Merlyn said kyng Arthur / goo thow and aspye me in al this land l knyghtes whiche ben of most prowesse & worship / within short tyme merlyn had founde suche kny?tesThenne the Bisshop of Caunterbury was fette and he blessid the syeges' with grete Royalte and deuoycyon / and there sette the viij and xx knyghtes in her ' syeges
  • #*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , II.vii:
  • #*:To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A stately siege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.
  • #(label) An ecclesiastical see.
  • #(label) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
  • #The seat of a heron while looking out for prey; a flock of heron.
  • #(label) A privy or lavatory.
  • #(label) The anus; the rectum.
  • #*1646 , Sir (Thomas Browne), Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
  • #*:Another ground were certain holes or cavities observable about the siege ; which being perceived in males, made some conceive there might be also a feminine nature in them.
  • #(label) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
  • #*1610 , (The Tempest) , by (William Shakespeare), act 2 scene 2
  • #*:Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How cam'st thou / to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?
  • #(label) Rank; grade; station; estimation.
  • #*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • #*:I fetch my life and being / From men of royal siege .
  • #(label) The floor of a glass-furnace.
  • #(label) A workman's bench.
  • #:(Knight)
  • (label) Military action.
  • #A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
  • #*1748 , (David Hume), Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3 §5:
  • #*:The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, the siege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy.
  • #(label) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
  • #(label) A prolonged assault or attack.
  • #*{{quote-news|year=2012|date=June 19|author=Phil McNulty|work=BBC Sport
  • |title= England 1-0 Ukraine |passage=But once again Hodgson's men found a way to get the result they required and there is a real air of respectability about their campaign even though they had to survive a first-half siege from a Ukraine side desperate for the win they needed to progress.}}

    Derived terms

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    Verb

    (sieg)
  • To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.