besiege

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King Ferdinand prepared to Besiege the City of Baza, and how the City prepared for Defence.

From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Irving, Washington

But take to her, O gallant knight, This signet with my solemn plight To seek her presence straight, When varlets or a caitiff crew Resolved some evil deed to do— Besiege her castle gate.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason

He would scale heaven, and when he had ——got beyond the utmost sphere, Besiege the concave of this universe, And hunger-starve the gods till they confessed What furies did oppress his sleeping soul.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

"What is to hinder you from starving them into surrender?" signifies Friedrich, hastily: "Besiege me Stralsund!"

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Carlyle, Thomas

When I arriv'd there, I found they had surrounded Mentz in order to Besiege it.

From Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718) by Defoe, Daniel