All 3 Uses
besiege
in
Gone with the Wind
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- The ladies always felt a little odd when they besieged him with questions about styles, but they did it nevertheless.†
Chpt 2.12besieged = surrounded and cut-off supplies; or overwhelmed
- True, the Yankees under Grant had been besieging Vicksburg since the middle of May.†
Chpt 2.14 *besieging = surrounding and cutting-off supplies; or overwhelming
- But now with the ports closed and many of the port cities captured or besieged, the South's salvation depended upon itself.†
Chpt 2.16besieged = surrounded and cut-off supplies; or overwhelmed
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)