Both Uses
besiege
in
The Return of the King
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- 'It is over-late to send for aid when you are already besieged,' answered Beregond.†
Chpt 5.1 *besieged = surrounded and cut-off supplies; or overwhelmed
- So now at last the City was besieged, enclosed in a ring of foes.†
Chpt 5.4
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)