besiege
verb (used with object)
to lay siege to.
will besiege
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future tenseof besiege.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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But no one knows how long the virus will besiege the capital .
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2020
I fancy you will accept this answer as final and sufficient, and that you will besiege neither your mother nor myself with useless inquiries on the subject.
From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
Xerxes is not a king, but a god; he will besiege Olympus, even thy throne.”
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
The French have a large army on the other side of the Aqueda, and there is no doubt they will besiege Ciudad Rodrigo, as soon as winter is over.
From Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War by Walter Paget
The one he says had as a moral: "To arms! or the Germans will besiege London!"
From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various
