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单词 to break the siege
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to break the siege
27. transitive. To cut short, stop, bring to a sudden end. to break the siege: to raise the siege. Obsolete; but see to break off 1 at Phrasal verbs.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > suddenly or abruptly (an action or person)
break1330
to break offc1340
to take up1530
to cut off1576
stunt1603
to cut up short1607
to cut short1611
pawl1797
to sew up1837
to stop short1837
burst1842
to pull up1861
society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > lay siege [verb (intransitive)] > abandon siege > raise a siege
to break the siege1330
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 111 (Mätz.) Our tale wille we no breke, bot telle forth the certeyn.
c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋77 Wel ny alle atones bigonne they to rise for to breken his tale.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 415 Penthesilea..brak þe sege of þe Grees.
1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. xiiii. f. lviii A better than we both shall breke ye stryfe bytwen vs.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. iv. sig. G.j Will ye my tale breake?
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlvii. 510 To use means to break the match.
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