Both Uses
siege
in
Romeo and Juliet
(Auto-generated)
- She will not stay the siege of loving terms,
Nor bide th' encounter of assailing eyes,
Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold.†p. 25.1 * - You, to remove that siege of grief from her,
Betrothed and would have married her perforce
To County Paris.†p. 237.9
Definitions:
-
(1)
(siege) a military tactic in which a fortified place is surrounded and isolated while it is attacked over time
or:
any prolonged attack, effort, or period of trouble - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)