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Synonyms
siege (sēj)

[Middle English sege, from Old French, seat, from Vulgar Latin* sedicum, from * sedicāre, to sit, from Latin sedēre.]

noun 

  1. The surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it.
  2. A prolonged period, as of illness: a siege of asthma.
  3. Obsolete A seat, especially a throne.

transitive verb: sieged, sieg·ing, sieg·es. 

To subject to a siege; besiege. See synonyms at besiege