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besiege
To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
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They were ordered to be skilful in all kinds of games, in leaping and running, in besieging forts, in forming and breaking bodies of troops; they were to endeavour to excel in every princely quality, to be cunning in ascertaining the power of an enemy, how to make war, to perform journeys, to sit in the presence of the nobles, to separate the different sides of a question, to form alliances, to distinguish between the innocent and the guilty, to assign proper punishments to the wicked, to exercise authority with perfect justice, and to be liberal.
(figurative) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
To assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
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