Siege

n.	1.	A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. A stately siege of sovereign majesty, And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay. - Spenser. In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin called it "The siege perilous." - Tennyson.
	2.	Hence, place or situation; seat. Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever. - Painter (Palace of Pleasure).
	3.	Rank; grade; station; estimation. I fetch my life and being From men of royal siege. - Shak.
	4.	Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. The siege of this mooncalf. - Shak.
	5.	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.
	6.	Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession. Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast. - Dryden.
	7.	The floor of a glass-furnace.
	8.	A workman's bench. Siege gun a heavy gun for siege operations. Siege train artillery adapted for attacking fortified places.
v. t.	1.	To besiege; to beset. Through all the dangers that can siege The life of man. - Buron.

Noun

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siege - the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack Synonyms: beleaguering, besieging, military blockade

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