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v. To surround with hostile forces.

v. To crowd around; hem in.

v. To harass or importune, as with requests: Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.

v. To cause to feel distressed or worried: She was besieged by problems.

v. To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.

v. To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset.

v. to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.

v. To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.

To lay siege to; beleaguer; beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, either by famine or by violent attacks: as, to besiege a castle or city.

To beset; throng around; harass.

Synonyms To beset, hem in, invest, blockade.

v. harass, as with questions or requests

v. surround so as to force to give up

v. cause to feel distressed or worried

"BENNETT: Yes, there is, because the word besiege reentered our vocabulary before the weekend."

besieged    besieges    besieging   

importune    insist    distress   

assail   

invest    environ    encompass    hem in   

lege    liege    seige    siege   

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