Both Uses of
besiege
in
The Ramayana
- Stung to the heart with scorn and shame, With war and threats they madly came, Besieged my peaceful walls, and long To Míthilá did grievous wrong.†
Book 1 *besieged = surrounded and cut-off supplies; or overwhelmed
- Him great and mighty Ráma, best Of royal saints, in turn addressed: "What, Bharat, have I done, that thou Besiegest me,(394) a suppliant now?†
Book 2besiegest = surround and cut-off supplies; or overwhelmstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-st" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou besiege" in older English, today we say "You besiege."
Definition:
to surround with armed forces, and cut-off supplies or attack
or:
to make an overwhelming number of requests, complaints, or comments -- typically in an annoying manner and sometimes while surrounding
or:
to make an overwhelming number of requests, complaints, or comments -- typically in an annoying manner and sometimes while surrounding