transitive. spec. To surround with an army, besiege, beleaguer.

transitive. To encamp about, besiege.

To set or station themselves round, to surround with hostile intent. To invest, or surround (a place); to besiege. (Not now said of a regular army…

To besiege, lay siege to, beleaguer, beset.

transitive. To sit down before (a town, castle, etc.) with armed forces in order to capture it; to lay siege to, beleaguer, invest.

spec. To beset with armed men; to besiege, invest, beleaguer. Obsolete.

transitive. To besiege.

transitive. To besiege. Also figurative.

transitive. To surround with hostile intention; to beset (with); to beleaguer (a city, fortress, etc.).

To put (something) in one's sight (or view), before one or one's eyes (or view), †to show, n.1, †to the sight, †to view, n.

transitive. To besiege, beleaguer, lay siege to.

transitive. To beset (literal and figurative); to bar (a way; with dative of person); to surround, invest (a city, etc.); to waylay, entrap (a…

Of a hostile army: To surround, beleaguer.

To beset or besiege (a place or a person): esp. with about. Obsolete.

to lay siege to, †unto, †about, †against, †before: to besiege; also figurative to attack. †Also to lay battery, blockade to.

transitive. To fight against, attack, assail, assault, or besiege. Obsolete (rare in later use).

transitive. Scottish. To attack, assail (a place); to besiege. Obsolete.

transitive. = besiege, v. 1. Obsolete.

To shut up, blockade.

transferred and figurative. To encircle (a town, etc.) with an armed force; to besiege, blockade.

spec. To beset in hostile array, to besiege. Obsolete as a spec. use.

To surround (a town, etc.) with troops so as to prevent ingress and egress, to invest, besiege.

spec. To blockade, invest.

Military. transitive. To surround (a town, stronghold, etc.) with a hostile force, so as to cut off approach, escape, communication, or aid.

transitive. To enclose between walls, to wall in.

transitive. Originally Military. To seal off (a place, esp. a port) as an act of war; to subject to a blockade. Now also: to prevent access to (a…

to lay siege to, †unto, †about, †against, †before: to besiege; also figurative to attack. †Also to lay battery, blockade to.

transitive. To besiege, beleaguer. Chiefly in ˈleaguered adj., ˈleaguering adj.

Military and Navy. to form the siege (of a place): to commence active siege-operations (against it).

transitive. To surround, invest.