Definition of "besieged" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of besiege. (verb)

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• "The word besieged her; she caught herself uttering it, and while she uttered it the time itself seemed to have slipped by."
• "Constantine, after enjoying a short and anxious respite, was again besieged in his capital by the arms of a more formidable enemy."
• "Notwithstanding this weak invention, Italy was still afflicted, Rome was again besieged, and the suburb of Classe, only three miles from Ravenna, was pillaged and occupied by the troops of a simple duke of Spoleto."