'Besieging' definitions:
Definition of 'besieging'
From: WordNet
noun
The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack [syn: siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade]
Definition of 'Besieging'
From: GCIDE
- Besiege \Be*siege"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besieged; p. pr. & vb. n. Besieging.] [OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to siege. See Siege.] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. [1913 Webster]
- Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To environ; hem in; invest; encompass. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Besieging'
From: GCIDE
- Besieging \Be*sie"ging\, a. That besieges; laying siege to. -- {Be*sie"ging*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]