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
We will besiege Neisse for form; the Commandant shall surrender and depart.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Thomas Carlyle
"Then you think that they will besiege Torre Garda," asked Sarrion, innocently.
From The Velvet Glove by Henry Seton Merriman
For her I will besiege the private dens of my friends the booksellers.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 by Various
I do not say that I shall be able to take those three towns, but I will besiege them; and she will find me outside one of them, if I cannot get inside.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
