siege

noun

1. Military action.

   “The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, the siege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy.”

   “Liu Pang's general Han Hsin won the strategic city of Hsing-yang for him, but Hsiang-Yü put Liu Pang under siege there.”

2. (US)Military action.
3. (figuratively)Military action.

   “But once again Hodgson's men found a way to get the result they required and there is a real air of respectability about their campaign even though they had to survive a first-half siege from a Ukraine side desperate for the win they needed to progress.”

4. (obsolete)A seat.

   “Now Merlyn said kyng Arthur / goo thow and aspye me in al this land l knyghtes whiche ben of most prowesse & worship / within short tyme merlyn had founde suche knyȝtes[…]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”

   “To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A stately siege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay[…].”

5. (obsolete)A seat.
6. (obsolete)A seat.
7. A seat.
8. A seat.
9. (obsolete)A seat.
10. (obsolete)A seat.

    “Another ground were certain holes or cavities observable about the siege; which being perceived in males, made some conceive there might be also a feminine nature in them.”

11. (obsolete)A seat.

    “Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How cam'st thou / to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?”

12. (obsolete)A seat.

    “I fetch my life and being / From men of royal siege.”

13. (obsolete)A seat.
14. (obsolete)A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

verb

1. (transitive, uncommon)To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.