Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - besiege
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Besiege
besiege
~ v 1 to surround a city or castle with military force until the people inside let you take control (In April 655, Osman's palace in Medina was besieged by rebels.) 2 usually passive if people, worries, thoughts etc, besiege you, you are surrounded by them (Miller was besieged by reporters and press photographers.) 3 be besieged with letters/demands/requests etc to receive a very large number of letters, requests etc
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(besieges, besieging, besieged) 1. If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you. She was besieged by the press and the public. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed 2. If soldiers besiege a place, they surround it and wait for the people in it to stop fighting or resisting. The main part of the army moved to Sevastopol to besiege the town... The Afghan air force was using helicopters to supply the besieged town. VERB: V n, V-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (-sieged; -sieging) Date: 14th century 1. to surround with armed forces 2. a. to press with requests ; importune b. to cause worry or distress to ; beset doubts ~d him • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 lay siege to. 2 crowd round oppressively. 3 harass with requests. Derivatives besieger n. Etymology: ME f. assiege by substitution of BE-, f. OF asegier f. Rmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. воен. осаждать; обложить (город, крепость); блокировать 2. окружать, толпиться 3. осаждать, забрасывать (просьбами, вопросами, приглашениями) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) mil. осаждать; обложить, окружить After her sudden success, the singer was besieged with offers to appear at many concert halls. 2) осаждать (просьбами, вопросами) Syn: see attack ...Англо-русский словарь
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