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present tense third-person singular of besiege
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1
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication
- armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered
Synonyms for besieges
- beleaguers,
- blockades,
- invests,
- leaguers
- [archaic]
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2
to cause persistent suffering to
- a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy
Synonyms for besieges
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- aggravates,
- agitates,
- annoys,
- bothers,
- bugs,
- chafes,
- distresses,
- disturbs,
- exasperates,
- galls,
- gets,
- grates,
- gripes,
- hagrides,
- harasses,
- harries,
- irks,
- irritates,
- molests,
- nettles,
- peeves,
- pesters,
- piques,
- puts out,
- rasps,
- riles,
- vexes
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3
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
- bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war
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- calls on
- (or calls upon)
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