assiege

See also: assiégé and assiège

English

Etymology

Old French asegier (“besiege”) (Modern French assiéger); equivalent to a- +‎ siege.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsiːd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -iːd͡ʒ

Noun

assiege (plural assieges)

1. (obsolete) A siege.

Verb

assiege (third-person singular simple present assieges, present participle assieging, simple past and past participle assieged)

1. (transitive) To besiege.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     On th'other side, th'assieged Castles ward,
     Their stedfast stonds did mightily maintaine […]

Anagrams

• aegises, ægises