besiegement

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English

Etymology

From besiege +‎ -ment.

Noun

besiegement (countable and uncountable, plural besiegements)

  1. The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged.
    • 1578, Arthur Golding, The Abridgement of the Historyes of Trogus Pompeius:
      Setting before their eies besiegement, hungar, and the arrogant enemy.

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