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Meaning of 'siege' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Siege [ 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.
2 . Siege [ v. t.]
- To besiege; to beset.

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