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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
- True, the Yankees under Grant had been besieging Vicksburg since the middle of May.2.14 (10% in)
- The ladies always felt a little odd when they besieged him with questions about styles, but they did it nevertheless.2.12 (57% in)
- But now with the ports closed and many of the port cities captured or besieged, the South's salvation depended upon itself.2.16 (32% in)
There are no more uses of "besiege" in Gone with the Wind.
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