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

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

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

Hence, place or situation; seat.

Rank; grade; station; estimation.

Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

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.

Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

A workman's bench.

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

Hence, place or situation; seat.

Rank; grade; station; estimation.

Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

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.

Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

A workman's bench.

The surrounding of a fortified place by an army to compel its surrender; continued attempt by force of arms to gain possession; investment.

A sitting down with an army round or before a fortified place to take it by force: a continued endeavor to gain possession.

Investment of a fortified place by an army to take it by force.

The besieging of a town or a fortified place.

n. [French, Latin] The setting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender;-hence, a continued attempt to gain possession a seat; throne;-rank; class;-stool;-a mason's bench.