3. To harass or importune, as with requests: Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.
4. To cause to feel distressed or worried: She was besieged by problems.
[Middle English besegen, probably alteration of assegen, from Old French assegier, from Vulgar Latin *assedicre : Latin ad-, ad- + Vulgar Latin *sedicre, to sit; see siege.]
be·siegement n.
be·sieger n.
Synonyms: besiege, beleaguer, blockade, invest, siege These verbs mean to surround with hostile forces: besiege a walled city; the enemy beleaguered the enclave; blockaded the harbor; investing a fortress; a castle sieged by invaders.
besiege /bsid/ v. [T] -sieged, -sieging, -sieges to attack from all sides: An army besieged the fortress for days.See: seige.
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