assiege en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈsiːd͡ʒ/
Etymology
From Old French asegier (“besiege”) (Modern French assiéger); equivalent to a- + siege.
Meanings
- (obsolete) A siege.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| assieges | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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assiege en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /əˈsiːd͡ʒ/
Etymology
From Old French asegier (“besiege”) (Modern French assiéger); equivalent to a- + siege.
Meanings
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(transitive) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| assieged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| assieged | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| assieging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| assieges | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |