Thesaurus: siege

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1. n. A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
2. n. Hence, place or situation; seat.
3. n. Rank; grade; station; estimation.
4. n. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
5. n. The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.
6. n. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
7. n. The floor of a glass-furnace.
8. n. A workman's bench.
9. v. t. To besiege; to beset.
10. n. the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
11. 1. A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. [Obs.] "Upon the very siege of justice." Shak. A stately siege of sovereign majesty, And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay. Spenser. In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin called it "The siege perilous." Tennyson. 2. Hence, place or situation; seat. [Obs.] Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever. Painter (Palace of Pleasure). 3. Rank; grade; station; estimation. [Obs.] I fetch my life and being From men of royal siege. Shak. 4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. [Obs.] The siege of this mooncalf. Shak. 5. The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade. 6. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession. Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast. Dryden. 7. The floor of a glass-furnace. 8. A workman's bench. Knught. Siege gun, a heavy gun for siege operations. -- Siege train, artillery adapted for attacking fortified places. To besiege; to beset. [R.] Through all the dangers that can siege The life of man. Buron.
12. To besiege; to beset. [R.]Through all the dangers that can siege The life of man. Buron.