Definitions
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Word origin
From Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *sēdicum, from Latin sēdicŭlum, sēdēcula (“small seat”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”).
Used in a sentence
“The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, the siege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy.”
“Liu Pang's general Han Hsin won the strategic city of Hsing-yang for him, but Hsiang-Yü put Liu Pang under siege there.”
“To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A stately siege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay[…].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Prolonged attack”5 letters
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