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Definition of Besieges
1. besiege [v] - See also: besiege
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besieges
Literary usage of Besieges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... and surrender of Weerdt Castle— Maurice retires into winter quarters—Campaign
of Henry IV.— He besieges Dijon—Surrender of Dijon—Absolution ..."
2. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1862)
"... Henry descended into Italy, to assume the Imperial crown, and besieges to
drive from the Vatican the tyrant of the church.64 But ^""AD. the Roman people ..."
3. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"The allied army besieges and takes Tournay—§ III. The French are defeated at
Malplaquet—§ IV. Mons surrendered-§ V. Campaign in Spain —§ VI. ..."
4. A History of the Commonwealth of Florence: From the Earliest Independence of by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1865)
"... supports Sforza with money—Remarkable picture of the state of things at this
time at Florence from the chronicler Cavalcanti—Sforza besieges Pavia, ..."
5. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... H. FRIEDRICH besieges DRESDEN. FROM and after the Evening of Wednesday, July
9th, it is upon a Siege of Dresden that Friedrich goes; -r- turning the ..."
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