Both Uses
besiege
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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- It was a night of little ease to his toiling mind, toiling in mere darkness and besieged by questions.†
p. 14.7 *besieged = surrounded and cut-off supplies; or overwhelmed
- The besiegers, appalled by their own riot and the stillness that had succeeded, stood back a little and peered in.†
p. 64.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(besiege) to surround a place with armed forces and cut off supplies or attack; or more generally, to overwhelm someone with many requests, complaints, or attention, as if surrounding them and not letting up
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)