re-besiegev.
/ˌriːbᵻˈsiːdʒ/, U.S. /ˌribəˈsidʒ/, /ˌribiˈsidʒ/ transitive. To besiege again.
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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)] > besiege anew
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a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Linc. 159 Tyrons credit now lay a bleeding, when to stanch it, he rebesieged Blackwater.
1854 J. M. Wilson Mem. Field Marshal, Duke of Wellington II. v. 73 During all the operations at Ciudad Rodrigo, there were grand preparations going on for re-besieging Badajoz.
1893 E. W. Latimer France in 19th Cent. viii. 390 The thing to be done, with speed and energy, as all men felt, was to re-besiege Paris and put down the Commune.
1946 W. P. Hall Iron out of Calvary 320 Five days later Red soldiers overran the Crimea to rebesiege Sebastopol.
1957 A. L. Srivastava Mughul Empire ii. 63 The fugitive emperor now made preparation to attack Thatta, Shah Husain's capital, but had to return from the way to re-besiege Sehwan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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