besiege

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

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَاصَرَ (ḥāṣara) — to surround with armed forces
• Armenian: պաշարել (pašarel) — to surround with armed forces
• Asturian: asediar — to surround with armed forces
• Bulgarian: обсаждам (obsaždam) — to surround with armed forces
• Bulgarian: обкръжавам (obkrǎžavam) — to surround with armed forces
• Catalan: assetjar — to surround with armed forces
• Chinese Mandarin: 圍攻 /围攻 (wéigōng) — to surround with armed forces
• Ngazidja Comorian: uzingiza — to surround with armed forces
• Czech: obléhat — to surround with armed forces
• Danish: belejre — to surround with armed forces
• Dutch: belegeren — to surround with armed forces
• Esperanto: sieĝi — to surround with armed forces
• Finnish: piirittää — to surround with armed forces
• Finnish: motittaa — to surround with armed forces
• French: assiéger — to surround with armed forces
• Galician: asediar — to surround with armed forces
• Galician: sitiar — to surround with armed forces
• Galician: cercar — to surround with armed forces
• German: belagern — to surround with armed forces
• German: einkesseln — to surround with armed forces
• German: umzingeln — to surround with armed forces
• German: umstellen — to surround with armed forces
• Greek: πολιορκώ (poliorkó) — to surround with armed forces
• Ancient Greek: πολιορκέω (poliorkéō) — to surround with armed forces
• Hebrew: צָר (tzar) — to surround with armed forces
• Hungarian: ostromol — to surround with armed forces
• Ido: siejar — to surround with armed forces
• Indonesian: mengepung — to surround with armed forces
• Italian: assediare — to surround with armed forces
• Latin: obsideō — to surround with armed forces
• Latvian: aplenkt — to surround with armed forces
• Luxembourgish: belageren — to surround with armed forces
• Māori: pāhau — to surround with armed forces
• Māori: pakipaki — to surround with armed forces
• Māori: awhi — to surround with armed forces
• Māori: pōrohe — to surround with armed forces
• Māori: whakapae — to surround with armed forces
• Norman: assiégi — to surround with armed forces
• Norwegian Bokmål: beleire — to surround with armed forces
• Norwegian Nynorsk: omleire — to surround with armed forces
• Polish: oblegać — to surround with armed forces
• Portuguese: cercar — to surround with armed forces
• Portuguese: sitiar — to surround with armed forces
• Portuguese: assediar — to surround with armed forces
• Quechua: intuy — to surround with armed forces
• Romanian: împresura — to surround with armed forces
• Russian: осажда́ть (osaždátʹ) — to surround with armed forces
• Russian: осади́ть (osadítʹ) — to surround with armed forces
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan sèist air — to surround with armed forces
• Slovene: oblegati — to surround with armed forces
• Spanish: asediar — to surround with armed forces
• Spanish: sitiar — to surround with armed forces
• Spanish: poner sitio — to surround with armed forces
• Swedish: belägra — to surround with armed forces
• Telugu: చుట్టుముట్టు (cuṭṭumuṭṭu) — to surround with armed forces
• Turkish: kuşatmak — to surround with armed forces
• Ukrainian: обступати облогою (obstupaty oblohoju) — to surround with armed forces
• Ukrainian: брати в облогу (braty v oblohu) — to surround with armed forces
• Ukrainian: облягати (obljahaty) — to surround with armed forces
• Danish: belejre — to vex, to attack continually
• German: belagern — to vex, to attack continually
• German: bedrängen — to vex, to attack continually
• Ido: siejar — to vex, to attack continually
• Italian: assediare — to vex, to attack continually
• Māori: pāhau — to vex, to attack continually
• Māori: pakipaki — to vex, to attack continually
• Portuguese: cercar — to vex, to attack continually
• Portuguese: assediar — to vex, to attack continually
• Russian: осажда́ть (osaždátʹ) — to vex, to attack continually
• Russian: осади́ть (osadítʹ) — to vex, to attack continually
• Russian: окружа́ть (okružátʹ) — to vex, to attack continually
• Russian: окружи́ть (okružítʹ) — to vex, to attack continually
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan sèist air — to vex, to attack continually
• Spanish: asaetear — to vex, to attack continually
• Spanish: saetear — to vex, to attack continually
• Spanish: asaetar — to vex, to attack continually
• Spanish: saetar — to vex, to attack continually
• Swedish: belägra — to vex, to attack continually
• Dutch: belagen — to assail or ply
• French: assaillir — to assail or ply
• German: belagern — to assail or ply
• German: bedrängen — to assail or ply
• Portuguese: assediar — to assail or ply