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Significado de siege

n.

Cerco.

n.

A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
Hence, place or situation; seat.
Rank; grade; station; estimation.
Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.
Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
The floor of a glass-furnace.
A workman's bench.
To besiege; to beset

n.

besieging, beleaguering, military blockade, blockade generic term, encirclement generic term

Vogais: iee

Consoantes: sg

Palavras Parecidas

segge, segue, sigeh, see, seg, sig, sewage, sage, seek, sego.