siege
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1. siege - Noun
2. siege - Verb
Meaning
To besiege; to beset.
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
Hence, place or situation; seat.
Rank; grade; station; estimation.
Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
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.
Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
The floor of a glass-furnace.
A workman's bench.
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For siege works against bold and venturesome men should be constructed on one plan, on another against cautious men, and on still another against the cowardly.
To neglect, at any time, preparation for death, is to sleep on our post at a siege to omit it in old age, is to sleep At an attack.
Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.
Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege to the place and attacks it; and when it departs, sorrow and repentance remain behind.
Cultural America is under siege. And as the Soviet experience illustrates, ideology is a weak glue to hold together people otherwise lacking racial, ethnic, and cultural sources of community.
Then let us love one another and laugh. Time passes, and we shall soon laugh no longer-and meanwhile common living is a burden, and earnest men are in siege upon us all around. Let us suffer absurdities, for this is only to suffer one another.