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besieged, ppl. a.|bɪˈsiːdʒd|
[f. prec. vb. + -ed1.]
1. Invested or surrounded by hostile forces.
c1440Promp. Parv. 27 Besegyde, obsessus. 1603in Shaks. C. Praise 57 Of Helens rape and Troyes besieged Towne. 1795Southey Joan of Arc vi. 158 Our foes Haply may..quit in peace Besieged Orleans.
b. absol. The people besieged.
1603Knolles Hist. Turkes (1638) 320 Offering vnto the besieged..easie conditions of peace. 1863Stanley Jew. Ch. xi. 239 The besieged and the besiegers alike were taken by surprise.
2. transf. Beset by an importunate crowd.
1866Crump Banking ii. 55 The funds..were instantly returned to the besieged bank. |