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Besiege

//bəˈsiːd͡ʒ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer. transitive
  2. 2
    harass, as with questions or requests wordnet
  3. 3
    To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset. figuratively, transitive

    "When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line."

  4. 4
    surround so as to force to give up wordnet
  5. 5
    to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
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  1. 6
    cause to feel distressed or worried wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English besegen, bisegen, equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + siege.

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