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▪ I. beˈsieging, vbl. n.|bɪˈsiːdʒɪŋ| Also 4 bi-, 5 besegynge. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of laying siege to (a place); the condition of being besieged.
1382Wyclif Ezek. iv. 2 Thou shalt ordeyne aȝens it a bisegynge. 1388― Jer. x. 17 Thou that dwellist in bisegyng. 1560Whitehorne Art Warre (1588) 93 b, The defending and besieging of townes. 1611Bible Ecclus. l. 4 He..fortified the citie against besieging. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. ii. ii. 66 Chiefly used in besieging of cities. ▪ II. beˈsieging, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That besieges; employed in a siege.
1813Examiner 17 May 307/2 The besieging corps before Dantzick. 1820Keats St. Agnes xl, The arras..Flutter'd in the besieging wind's uproar. 1863Holland Lett. Joneses xv, A will as patient..as that which a besieging army needs. |