Meanings
verbassiege (third-person singular simple present assieges, present participle assieging, simple past and past participle assieged)
present singular third person assieges · participle present assieging · participle past assieged · past assieged
- transitiveTo 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
Origin
- Old Frenchasegier“besiege”
- Englishassiege
From Old French asegier (“besiege”) (Modern French assiéger); equivalent to a- + siege.
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assiege. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assiege
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Chicago
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