All 11 Uses of
besiege
in
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I
- And thus departed from Rome, and came down the mountains for to destroy the lands that Arthur had conquered, and came unto Cologne, and besieged a castle thereby, and won it soon, and stuffed it with two hundred Saracens or Infidels, and after destroyed many fair countries which Arthur had won of King Claudas.†
Book 5
- NOW turn we unto King Arthur and his noble knights, which, after the great battle achieved against the Romans, entered into Lorraine, Brabant and Flanders, and sithen returned into Haut Almaine, and so over the mountains into Lombardy, and after, into Tuscany wherein was a city which in no wise would yield themself nor obey, wherefore King Arthur besieged it, and lay long about it, and gave many assaults to the city; and they within defended them valiantly.†
Book 5
- Sir, she said, I have a lady of great worship and renown, and she is besieged with a tyrant, so that she may not out of her castle; and because here are called the noblest knights of the world, I come to you to pray you of succour.†
Book 7
- What hight your lady, and where dwelleth she, and who is she, and what is his name that hath besieged her?†
Book 7
- Sir king, she said, as for my lady's name that shall not ye know for me as at this time, but I let you wit she is a lady of great worship and of great lands; and as for the tyrant that besiegeth her and destroyeth her lands, he is called the Red Knight of the Red Launds.†
Book 7
- Sir, she said, this knight is going to the siege that besiegeth my sister in the Castle Dangerous.†
Book 7
- How the lady that was besieged had word from her sister how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.†
Book 7
- SO the book saith that the lady that was besieged had word of her sister's coming by the dwarf, and a knight with her, and how he had passed all the perilous passages.†
Book 7
- But I understand by the besieging of this castle she may forbear thy fellowship.†
Book 7 *
- Then shall ye know that this is he that loveth the lady of the castle, and she him again; and this is he that won me when I besieged the lady of this castle, and this is he that won Sir Persant of Inde, and his three brethren.†
Book 7
- THERE was an earl that hight Grip, and this earl made great war upon the king, and put the king to the worse, and besieged him.†
Book 8
Definition:
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(besiege) 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