All 6 Uses
besiege
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
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- We are to besiege Arras.†
Act 3 *besiege = surround and cut-off supplies; or overwhelm
- ROXANE: Ah—to besiege?†
Act 3
- CARBON: It is disgraceful that we should starve while we're besieging!†
Act 4besieging = surrounding and cutting-off supplies; or overwhelming
- To think that while we are besieging, we should ourselves be caught in a trap and besieged by the Cardinal Infante of Spain.†
Act 4
- To think that while we are besieging, we should ourselves be caught in a trap and besieged by the Cardinal Infante of Spain.†
Act 4besieged = surrounded and cut-off supplies; or overwhelmed
- CYRANO: It were well done if he should be besieged in his turn.†
Act 4
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)