All 4 Uses of
besiege
in
The Hobbit
- I declare the Mountain besieged. You shall not depart from it, until you call on your side for a truce and a parley. We will bear no weapons against you, but we leave you to your gold. You may eat that, if you will!
p. 243.2 *besieged = surrounded by enemies and cut-off supplies
- He had by now had more than enough of the Mountain, and being besieged inside it was not at all to his taste.
p. 243.8besieged = surrounded by enemies and cut off from supplies
- Also they would be able to reopen and guard some other gate, so that the besiegers would have to encircle the whole mountain; and for that they had not sufficient numbers.
p. 254.4besiegers = those surrounding an enemy and cutting the enemy off from supplies
- The knowledge that the Arkenstone was in the hands of the besiegers burned in their thoughts; also they guessed the hesitation of Bard and his friends, and resolved to strike while they debated.
p. 255.1
Definition:
to surround with armed forces, and cut-off supplies or attack
or:
to make an overwhelming number of requests, complaints, or comments -- typically in an annoying manner and sometimes while surrounding
or:
to make an overwhelming number of requests, complaints, or comments -- typically in an annoying manner and sometimes while surrounding