besiege – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of besiege

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to besiege
Participle: besieged
Gerund: besieging

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

I	besiege
you	besiege
he;she;it	besieges
we	besiege
you	besiege
they	besiege

Perfect

I	have besieged
you	have besieged
he;she;it	has besieged
we	have besieged
you	have besieged
they	have besieged

Past

I	besieged
you	besieged
he;she;it	besieged
we	besieged
you	besieged
they	besieged

Pluperfect

I	had besieged
you	had besieged
he;she;it	had besieged
we	had besieged
you	had besieged
they	had besieged

Future

I	will besiege
you	will besiege
he;she;it	will besiege
we	will besiege
you	will besiege
they	will besiege

Future Perfect

I	will have besieged
you	will have besieged
he;she;it	will have besieged
we	will have besieged
you	will have besieged
they	will have besieged

Subjunctive

Present

I	besiege
you	besiege
he;she;it	besiege
we	besiege
you	besiege
they	besiege

Perfect

I	have besieged
you	have besieged
he;she;it	have besieged
we	have besieged
you	have besieged
they	have besieged

Imperfect

I	besieged
you	besieged
he;she;it	besieged
we	besieged
you	besieged
they	besieged

Pluperfect

I	had besieged
you	had besieged
he;she;it	had besieged
we	had besieged
you	had besieged
they	had besieged

Conditional

Present

I	would besiege
you	would besiege
he;she;it	would besiege
we	would besiege
you	would besiege
they	would besiege

Perfect

I	would have besieged
you	would have besieged
he;she;it	would have besieged
we	would have besieged
you	would have besieged
they	would have besieged

Imperative

you	besiege
we	Let's besiege
you	besiege

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am besieging
you	are besieging
he;she;it	is besieging
we	are besieging
you	are besieging
they	are besieging

Perfect

I	have been besieging
you	have been besieging
he;she;it	has been besieging
we	have been besieging
you	have been besieging
they	have been besieging

Past

I	was besieging
you	were besieging
he;she;it	was besieging
we	were besieging
you	were besieging
they	were besieging

Pluperfect

I	had been besieging
you	had been besieging
he;she;it	had been besieging
we	had been besieging
you	had been besieging
they	had been besieging

Future

I	will be besieging
you	will be besieging
he;she;it	will be besieging
we	will be besieging
you	will be besieging
they	will be besieging

Future Perfect

I	will have been besieging
you	will have been besieging
he;she;it	will have been besieging
we	will have been besieging
you	will have been besieging
they	will have been besieging

Conditional

Present

I	would be besieging
you	would be besieging
he;she;it	would be besieging
we	would be besieging
you	would be besieging
they	would be besieging

Perfect

I	would have been besieging
you	would have been besieging
he;she;it	would have been besieging
we	would have been besieging
you	would have been besieging
they	would have been besieging

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'besiege'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'besiege'

besinge, resiege, assiege, believe, besee, besigh, siege, becringe, befie, befile,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to apply violent force to a person or object: abuse, aggress, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
attack: beleaguer, assault, beset, assail, blockade, surround

Antonyms

attack: defend, protect, shield, shelter

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English besegen, bisegen, equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + siege.

Verbs referencing "besiege"

Ido siejar.

Sample Sentences

The long-legged veteran, who had been besieging the fire-iron, as before related, now took down his cumbrous length, and rearing aloft his tall form, walked up to the advertisement and very deliberately spit a full discharge of tobacco-juice on [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)