siege
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siege englanniksi
''Military action.''
A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
(RQ:Hume Human Understanding)
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A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
A prolonged assault or attack.
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''A seat.''
A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
(RQ:Mlry MrtDrthr)Thenne the Bisshop of Caunterbury was fette and he blessid the syeges with grete Royalte and deuoycyon / and there sette the viij and xx knyghtes in her syeges
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene).
An ecclesiastical see.
The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
A flock of heron.
A seat.
(RQ:Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica)
Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
(RQ:Shakespeare Tempest)
Rank; grade; station; estimation.
*(RQ:Shakespeare Othello)
To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.
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seat (place where one sits)