SIEGE
ADJECTIVES
► OBSIDIONAL pert. to a siege → 1542
► OBSIDIONARY pert. to a siege → 1885
► OBSIDIOUS besieging, besetting → 1615
NOUNS
► BESIEGE besieging, siege → 1552 obs.
► LEAGUER a military investment, a siege → 1598
► OBSIDION siege; state of being besieged → c1450 obs.
► POLIORCETICS a conducting and resisting sieges; siegecraft → 1569
► WALL-FIGHT a siege → 1850
VERBS
► RAISE to cause to abandon a siege → 1592 obs.
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