assiege

noun, verb — 2 senses

noun

/əˈsiːd͡ʒ/

Etymology From Old French asegier (“besiege”) (Modern French assiéger); equivalent to a- + siege.

Obsolete A siege.

verb

Etymology From Old French asegier (“besiege”) (Modern French assiéger); equivalent to a- + siege.

To besiege.

On th'other side, th'assieged Castles ward, Their stedfast stonds did mightily maintaine […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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