[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

siege \siege\, v. t.
   to besiege; to beset. r.
   1913 webster

         through all the dangers that can siege
         the life of man.                         --buron.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

siege \siege\, n. oe. sege, of. siege, f. si`ege a seat, a
   siege; cf. it. seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio,
   assedio, a siege, f. assi'eger to besiege, it.  ll.
   assediare, l. obsidium a siege, besieging; all ultimately fr.
   l. sedere to sit. see sit, and cf. see, n.
   1. a seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. obs. "upon
      the very siege of justice." --shak.
      1913 webster

            a stately siege of sovereign majesty,
            and thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay. --spenser.
      1913 webster

            in our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . .
            and merlin called it "the siege perilous."
                                                  --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, place or situation; seat. obs.
      1913 webster

            ah traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless
            siege forever.                        --painter
                                                  palace of
                                                  pleasure.
      1913 webster

   3. rank; grade; station; estimation. obs.
      1913 webster

            i fetch my life and being
            from men of royal siege.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. obs.
      1913 webster

            the siege of this mooncalf.           --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. the sitting of an army around or before a fortified place
      for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender;
      the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and
      approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover
      the besiegers from the enemy's fire. see the note under
      blockade.
      1913 webster

   6. hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
      1913 webster

            love stood the siege, and would not yield his
            breast.                               --dryden.
      1913 webster

   7. the floor of a glass-furnace.
      1913 webster

   8. a workman's bench. --knught.
      1913 webster

   siege gun, a heavy gun for siege operations.

   siege train, artillery adapted for attacking fortified
      places.
      1913 webster
see also:
sit see blockade siege gun siege train 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

siege
     n : the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified
         place and isolates it while continuing to attack syn: besieging,
          beleaguering, military blockade
see also:
besieging beleaguering military blockade 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 moby thesaurus words for "siege":
   attack, beleaguer, beleaguerment, besetment, besiege, besiegement,
   blockade, blockading, bottle up, bout, circumscription,
   confinement, cordon off, cordoning, encircle, encirclement,
   enclosure, encompassment, envelopment, go, immurement,
   imprisonment, incarceration, inclusion, investment, lay siege to,
   onslaught, pincer movement, quarantine, seizure, spell,
   vertical envelopment

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