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 |
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
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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)