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Definition of besiege
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Besiege
(v. t.) 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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Circumvallation
::
Circumvallation
(n.) A line of field works made
around
a
besieged
place and the
besieging
army, to
protect
the camp of the
besiegers
against
the
attack
of an enemy from
without..
Sortie
::
Sortie
(n.) The
sudden
issuing
of a body of
troops,
usually
small,
from a
besieged
place to
attack
or
harass
the
besiegers;
a
sally..
Obsession
::
Obsession
(n.) The state of being
besieged;
-- used
specifically
of a
person
beset by a
spirit
from
without.
Muscule
::
Muscule
(n.) A long
movable
shed used by
besiegers
in
ancient
times in
attacking
the walls of a
fortified
town.
Succor
::
Succor
(v. t.) To run to, or run to
support;
hence,
to help or
relieve
when in
difficulty,
want, or
distress;
to
assist
and
deliver
from
suffering;
to
relieve;
as, to
succor
a
besieged
city..
Leaguerer
::
Leaguerer
(n.) A
besieger.
Snail
::
Snail (n.) A
tortoise;
in
ancient
warfare,
a
movable
roof or shed to
protect
besiegers;
a
testudo..
Quarter
::
Quarter
(n.) The
encampment
on one of the
principal
passages
round a place
besieged,
to
prevent
relief
and
intercept
convoys..
Sap
::
Sap (n.) A
narrow
ditch or
trench
made from the
foremost
parallel
toward
the
glacis
or
covert
way of a
besieged
place by
digging
under cover of
gabions,
etc..
Issue
::
Issue (v. i.) To go out; to rush out; to sally
forth;
as,
troops
issued
from the town, and
attacked
the
besiegers..
Obsess
::
Obsess
(v. t.) To
besiege;
to
beset.
Coffer
::
Coffer
(n.) A
trench
dug in the
bottom
of a dry moat, and
extending
across
it, to
enable
the
besieged
to
defend
it by a
raking
fire..
Beset
::
Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to
waylay;
to
surround;
to
besiege;
to
blockade.
Sow
::
Sow (n.) A kind of
covered
shed,
formerly
used by
besiegers
in
filling
up and
passing
the ditch of a
besieged
place,
sapping
and
mining
the wall, or the
like..
Parallel
::
Parallel
(n.) One of a
series
of long
trenches
constructed
before
a
besieged
fortress,
by the
besieging
force,
as a cover for
troops
supporting
the
attacking
batteries.
They are
roughly
parallel
to the line of outer
defenses
of the
fortress..
Siege
::
Siege (n.) The
sitting
of an army
around
or
before
a
fortified
place for the
purpose
of
compelling
the
garrison
to
surrender;
the
surrounding
or
investing
of a place by an army, and
approaching
it by
passages
and
advanced
works,
which cover the
besiegers
from the
enemy's
fire. See the Note under
Blockade..
Contravallation
::
Contravallation
(n.) A
trench
guarded
with a
parapet,
constructed
by
besiegers,
to
secure
themselves
and check
sallies
of the
besieged..
Besieging
::
Besieging
(a.) That
besieges;
laying
siege to.
Besieged
::
Besieged
(imp. & p. p.) of
Besieg.
Leaguer
::
Leaguer
(v. t.) To
besiege;
to
beleaguer.
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