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SIEGE, n. [L. sigillum.]

1. The setting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; or 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. A siege differs from a blockade, as in a siege the investing army approaches the fortified place to attach and reduce it by force; but in a blockade, the army secures all the avenues to the place to intercept all supplies, and waits till famine compels the garrison to surrender.

2. Any continued endeavor to gain possession. Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast.

3. Seat; throne.

4. Rank; place; class.

5. Stool. [Not in use.]

SIEGE, v. t. To besiege. [Not in use.]

1913 Definition
Siege (siege)
n.(?)
Siege
[OE. sege, OF. siege, F. siège a seat, a siege; cf. It. seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio, assedio, a siege, F. assiéger to besiege, It. *** LL. asse
  1. A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
    [Obs.] "Upon the very siege of justice." Shak.

    A stately siege of sovereign majesty,
    And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.     Spenser.

    In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . .
    And Merlin called it "The siege perilous."     Tennyson.

  2. Hence, place or situation; seat.
    [Obs.]

    Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever. Painter (Palace of Pleasure).

  3. Rank; grade; station; estimation.
    [Obs.]

    I fetch my life and being
    From men of royal siege.     Shak.

  4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
    [Obs.]

    The siege of this mooncalf. Shak.

  5. 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.
  6. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

    Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast. Dryden.

  7. The floor of a glass-furnace.
  8. A workman's bench.
    Knught.

    Siege gun, a heavy gun for siege operations. -- Siege train, artillery adapted for attacking fortified places.

  9. To besiege; to beset.
    [R.]

    Through all the dangers that can siege
    The life of man.     Buron.

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This general disposition to subject the slight and fleeting influence of human example and opinions, for the controlling authority of divine commands, is among the most gloomy presages of the present times. Without a great change of public taste … the progress of depravity will be as rapid, as the ultimate loss of morals, of religion, and of civil liberty, is certain. God has provided but one way, by which nations can secure their rights and privileges … by obedience to his laws. Without this, a nation may be great in population, great in wealth, and great in military strength; but it must be corrupt in morals, degraded in character, and distracted with factions. This is the order of God's moral government, as firm as his throne, and unchangeable as his purpose; and nations, disregarding this order, are doomed to incessant internal evils, and ultimately to ruin.
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