Besiege

Definitions: Besiege

Besiege

Verb

1. Surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna".

2. Cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged".

3. Harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star".

Date "besiege" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Besiege \Be*siege"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Besieged; present participle verb or noun Besieging.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Besiege

Synonyms: beleaguer (v), circumvent (v), hem in (v), surround (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Attack	Beset, besiege, beleaguer; lay siege to, invest, open the trenches, plant a battery, sap, mine; storm, board, scale the walls.
Request	Dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Besiege

English words defined with "besiege": Assiege ♦ Leaguer ♦ To lay siege to. (references)

Etymologies containing "besiege": obsess. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	There are moments when hideous suppositions besiege us like a throng of furies and violently force the portals of our brain.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Besiege" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 80.95% of the time. "Besiege" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	80.95%	17	85,106
Lexical Verb (base form)	19.05%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	21	N/A

Expression using "besiege": besiege with questions. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "besiege"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		beleër. (various references)

Albanian		rrethoj (begird, beleaguer, beset, border on, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close in, close on, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, entwine, envelop, environ, fence in, flank, fold, gird, girdle, hedge in, hem, inclose, invest, lap, leaguer, pocket, rail, rim, ring, round up, span, surround, wreathe). (various references)

Arabic		‏حاصر (beleaguer, blockade, constrict, invest), ‏طوق (band, be hemmed in, belt, cincture, circle, circumvent, clip, collar, compass, corral, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, entrench, envelop, fret, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, hoop, impale, inclose, include, invest, outflank, ring, round, strap, surround, take off, zone). (various references)

Bulgarian		тълпя се около, обсаждам (beset, invest, lay siege to, siege, surround), обсипвам (assail, beset, deluge, heap, intersperse, load, pepper, smother, sow, spot, strew, stud). (various references)

Chinese		圍�"� , 围�"� (Beleaguer, Beleaguered, Beleaguering, Besieged, Besieging, Mobbed, Mobbing). (various references)

Czech		obléhat (beleaguer). (various references)

Dutch		belegeren. (various references)

Esperanto		sieĝi. (various references)

Faeroese		kringseta. (various references)

Finnish		piirittää (blockade, lay siege to, surround). (various references)

French		assiéger. (various references)

Frisian		belegerje. (various references)

German		belagern (beleaguer, invest, lay siege to, siege), überschütten (assail, cover, engulf, flood, heap, overwhelm, pour, shower, tip, to shower, whelm), überhäufen (belabor, inundate, overwhelm, pile high, swamp). (various references)

Greek		πολιορκώ (beleaguer). (various references)

Hebrew		לכתר (encircle, engirdle, girdle, surround), ל�"טיל מצור. (various references)

Hungarian		ostromol (beleaguer, siege, to assault, to beleaguer, to besiege, to obsess), ostrom alá vesz. (various references)

Indonesian		menyerang (assail, beset, oppugn, zap), mengepung (beset, meb, restrain, surround). (various references)

Italian		assediare (beleaguer, beset). (various references)

Norwegian		beleire. (various references)

Pig Latin		esiegebay

Portuguese		sitiar (beleaguer, invest heavily, lay siege to), cercar (bar up, barrier in, beleaguer, cincture, close, compass, coop, corral, embosom, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hedge, hurdler, impound, inclose, ring, ring up, surround), assediar (beset, bombard, pester, ply). (various references)

Romanian		bombarda (beset, blitz, bomb, bombard, cannonade, flood, shell, strafe), asedia (beleaguer, beset), înconjura (beset, by pass, circumambulate, close, compass, embosom, encircle, enclose, encompass, engirdle, ensphere, environ, flank, gird, girdle, go, go round, hem, hoop, pale, parclose, rim, round, shut in, surround, wreathe), încercui (by pass, encircle, encompass, enring, ensphere, hoop, orb, rim, shut in, surround), împresura (beset, encircle, envelop, environ, gird, surround). (various references)

Russian		осаждать (beleaguer, deposit, surround). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		saletati (assail, importune, pester, ply, solicit, urge), opsesti (obsess), opsedati (beset), opkoliti (begird, beleaguer, hoop, invest, ring, surround), obasuti (bespatter, hurl, rain, shower). (various references)

Spanish		sitiar (beleaguer, invest, surround). (various references)

Swedish		belägra (beleaguer, beset), bestorma (assail, attack). (various references)

Thai		โอบล้อม�"้วยศัตรู, รุมล้อม (mob). (various references)

Turkish		yağmuruna tutmak (bombard, deluge, rain, shower, volley forth, volley out), sıkıştırmak (astringe, be urgent with smb., bear against, bombard, bottle up, clamp, clamp down, clinch, come down on, compact, compress, constrict, crowd, crush, drive smb. to the wall, dun, force, grind, grip, heckle, hurry, hustle, impact, impress, incarcerate, jam, jam in, lean on, lean upon, oppress, pin, pin down, pinch, ply, ply with, press, press for, press smb. close, push, push smb. to the wall, rush, shut in, slip into, squeeze, straiten, stress, tighten, tuck, wedge, weigh), kuşatmak (begird, beleaguer, beset, blockade, bottle up, cincture, circle, compass, embosom, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, envelop, environ, equip, gird, girdle, Girt, girth, hedge in, hedge round, hem about, hem around, hem in, inclose, invest, lay siege to, ring, shut in, surround, zone). (various references)

Ukranian		товпитися (cluster, crowd, jostle, mob, overcrowd, pile), оточувати (bank, beleaguer, beset, box, circle, compass, cordon, embosom, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enlace, environ, gird, girdle, girth, hang about, hem about, hem in, inclose, mob, palisade, ring, skirt, surround, zone), брати в облогу. (various references)

Welsh		gwarchae (beleaguer, blockade, siege). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	3. gi, da, kara. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	circumsedebant, claudamus, claudat, claude, claudent, claudentur, clauderetur, claudet, claudetur, claudeturque, claudi, claudit, clauditis, claudo (clausus), clausa, clausae, clausas, clauserat, clauserit, clausero, clauserunt, clausi, clausis, clausisset, clausit, clausitque, clauso, clausos, clausum, clausus, claususque, clude, cludendi, cludentur, cludere, cludit, cluserit, cluserunt, cluseruntque, clusit, cluso, clusum, clusuris, obpugnabant, obpugnabat, obpugnabis, obpugnando, obpugnans, obpugnantes, obpugnare, obpugnarent, obpugnat, obpugnavit, obsederat, obsederint, obsederunt, obsedit, obsessa, obsessae, obsessi, obsessus, obside, obsidebant, obsidebantur, obsidebat, obsideberis, obsidemus, obsidens, obsident, obsidentibus, obsiderent, obsideret, obsideri, obsides, obsidet, obsido. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Samuel Chapter 23, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai parhggeilen saoul panti tw law eiV polemon katabainein eiV keila sunecein ton dauid kai touV andraV autou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et praecepit Saul omni populo ut ad pugnam descenderet in Ceila et obsideret David et viros eius
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And Saul comaundide to al the puple, that to the fiyt thei shulden descende to Seilam, and bisege Dauid and his men.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	1 Samuel Chapter 23, Verse 8
Cebuano	Ug gitawag ni Saul ang tanang katawohan sa pagpakiggubat, aron molugsong ngadto sa Keila, aron likusan si David ug ang iyang mga tawo.
Chinese	於是掃羅招聚眾民、要下去 �"� �" 基伊拉城、圍困大衛 �'� 跟隨他的人。
Croatian	I � aul sazva sav narod na oružje da ide na Keilu i da opkoli Davida i njegove ljude.
Danish	Derfor stævnede Saul hele Folket sammen for at drage ned til Ke'ila og omringe David og hans Mænd.
Dutch	Toen liet Saul al het volk ten strijde roepen, dat zij aftogen naar Kehila, om David en zijn mannen te belegeren.
Finnish	Sitten Saul kuulutti kaiken kansan sotaan, menemään alas Kegilaan, piirittämään Daavidia ja hänen miehiänsä.
French	Et Saül convoqua tout le peuple � la guerre, afin de descendre � Keïla et d`assiéger David et ses gens.
German	Und Saul ließ alles Volk rufen zum Streit hinab gen Kegila, daß sie David und seine Männer belagerten.
Haitian Creole	Se konsa Sayil fè rele tout lame li a pou y' al goumen, pou yo mache sou lavil Keyila, pou yo sènen David ansanm ak tout moun ki te avè l' yo.
Hungarian	És összegyûjté Saul a harczra az egész népet, hogy Kehillába menjen, és körülfogja Dávidot és az õ embereit.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lalu Saul mengerahkan tentaranya dan berangkat ke Kehila untuk mengepung Daud bersama semua anak buahnya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka disuruh Saul kerahkan segala rakyat akan berperang, supaya mereka itu turun ke Kehila akan mengepung Daud dan segala orangnya.
Maori	Na ka karangatia te iwi katoa e Haora ki te whawhai, kia haere ki raro, ki Keira, ki te whakapae i a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata.
Norwegian	Så kalte Saul alt folket sammen til strid og vilde dra ned til Ke'ila for å kringsette David og hans menn.
Portuguese	E convocou todo o povo � peleja, para descerem a Queila, e cercar a Davi e os seus homens.
Rumanian	Wi Saul a chemat tot poporul la rqzboi ca sq se pogoare la Cheila wi sq kmpresoare pe David wi pe oamenii lui.
Swedish	Därefter bådade Saul upp allt folket till strid, för att draga ned till Kegila och där innesluta David och hans man.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "besiege": besieged, besieger, besiegers, besieges. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Besiege" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: besagic, beseig, beseige, besieg, besiged, Besigye, Bestegui, Bosvigo, feslegen. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "besiege" (pronounced busē"j)
3	-s ē" j	siege.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-g-i-s"
	-1 letter: beiges.
	-2 letters: beige, geese, gibes, siege.
	-3 letters: bees, begs, bigs, bise, egis, gees, gibe, gibs, gies.
	-4 letters: bee, beg, big, bis, gee, gib, gie, see, seg, sei, sib.
	-5 letters: be, bi, es, is, si.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-g-i-s"
	+1 letter: besieged, besieger, besieges.
	+2 letters: beseeming, besiegers.
	+3 letters: beseeching, biogeneses, inselberge, zeitgebers.
	+4 letters: abiogeneses, beekeepings, bescreening, greenbriers, unbeseeming.
	+5 letters: beguilements, belligerents, beseechingly, bioengineers, disagreeable, embryogenies, gooseberries, registerable.
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