besiege

English

Etymology

From Middle English besegen, bisegen, equivalent to be- (“around, about”) +‎ siege.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -iːdʒ

Verb

1. (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
3. to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.

Translations

to surround with armed forces

• Arabic: حاصر
• Asturian: asediar
• Catalan: assetjar (ca)
• Czech: obléhat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圍攻 / 围攻 (zh) (wéigōng), 围攻 (zh) (wéigōng)

• Danish: belejre
• Dutch: belegeren (nl)
• Finnish: piirittää (fi), motittaa (fi)
• French: assiéger (fr)
• Galician: asediar, sitiar, cercar
• German: belagern (de)
• Greek: πολιορκώ (el) (poliorkó)
• Hungarian: ostromol (hu)
• Ido: siejar (io)
• Indonesian: mengepung (id)
• Italian: assediare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: obsideō
• Luxembourgish: belageren
• Maori: pāhau, pakipaki, awhi, pōrohe
• Ngazidja Comorian: uzingiza
• Norman: assiégi
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: beleire

  Norwegian Nynorsk: omleire

• Polish: oblegać (pl)
• Portuguese: cercar (pt), sitiar, assediar (pt)
• Quechua: intuy
• Romanian: împresura (ro)
• Russian: осажда́ть (ru) impf (osaždátʹ), осади́ть (ru) pf (osadítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan sèist air
• Slovene: oblegati
• Spanish: asediar (es), sitiar (es)
• Swedish: belägra (sv)
• Telugu: చుట్టుముట్టు (te) (cuṭṭumuṭṭu)

to vex, to attack continually

• German: belagern (de)
• Ido: siejar (io)
• Italian: assediare (it)
• Maori: pāhau, pakipaki
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: cercar (pt), assediar (pt)
• Russian: осажда́ть (ru) impf (osaždátʹ), осади́ть (ru) pf (osadítʹ), окружа́ть (ru) impf (okružátʹ), окружи́ть (ru) pf (okružítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan sèist air
• Swedish: belägra (sv)

to assail or ply

• Dutch: belagen (nl)
• French: assaillir (fr)
• German: belagern (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: assediar (pt)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} обсаждам (obsaždam), ^{(please verify)} обкръжавам (obkrǎžavam)
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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} imdhruid

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German

Verb

besiege

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of besiegen.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of besiegen.
3. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of besiegen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of besiegen.