1. surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender; lay siege to: "the guerrillas continued to besiege other major cities to the north"Similarlay siege tobeleaguerblockadesurroundshut offblock offarchaic:invest
▪ be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints:"the television station was besieged with calls"Similaroverwhelminundatedelugefloodswampsnow underbombard
Word OriginMiddle English: alteration (by change of prefix) of assiege, from Old French asegier.
