Besieging vs. Siege

Besiegingnoun

The act by which a place is besieged.

Siegenoun

(heading) Military action.

Besiegingadjective

That besieges; laying siege to.

Siegenoun

A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.

Besiegingnoun

the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

Siegenoun

(US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.

Siegenoun

(figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.

Siegenoun

(heading) A seat.

Siegenoun

(obsolete) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.

Siegenoun

(obsolete) An ecclesiastical see.

Siegenoun

(obsolete) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.

Siegenoun

The seat of a heron while looking out for prey; a flock of heron.

Siegenoun

(obsolete) A toilet seat.

Siegenoun

(obsolete) The anus; the rectum.

Siegenoun

(obsolete) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.

Siegenoun

(obsolete) Rank; grade; station; estimation.

Siegenoun

(obsolete) The floor of a glass-furnace.

Siegenoun

(obsolete) A workman's bench.

Siegenoun

(obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

Siegeverb

To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.

Siegenoun

A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.

‘A stately siege of sovereign majesty,And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.’; ‘In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin called it "The siege perilous."’;

Siegenoun

Hence, place or situation; seat.

‘Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever.’;

Siegenoun

Rank; grade; station; estimation.

‘I fetch my life and beingFrom men of royal siege.’;

Siegenoun

Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

‘The siege of this mooncalf.’;

Siegenoun

The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.

Siegenoun

Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

‘Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast.’;

Siegenoun

The floor of a glass-furnace.

Siegenoun

A workman's bench.

Siegeverb

To besiege; to beset.

‘Through all the dangers that can siegeThe life of man.’;

Siegenoun

the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

Siegenoun

a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender

‘siege warfare’; ‘Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks’;

Siegenoun

an operation in which a police or other force surround a building and cut off supplies, with the aim of forcing an armed person to surrender

‘two cult members have died so far in the four-day siege’;

Siegenoun

a group of herons

‘there is a siege of herons at the river’;

Siege

A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault. This derives from Latin: sedere, lit. 'to sit'.