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