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besiege
What does besiege mean?
besiege (verb): surround so as to force to give up.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce besiege?
/bɪˈsidʒ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does besiege come from?
From Middle English besegen, bisegen, equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + siege.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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make sense of; assign a meaning to
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surround so as to force to give up
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to change the form or structure of
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to stress, single out as important
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