Definition of: siege

(sēj) noun
1. The besieging of a town or fortified place; beleaguerment. ♦ Collateral adjective: obsidional.
2. A steady attempt to win something; also, the protracted period spent in the effort: He laid siege to her heart.
3. The time during which one undergoes a protracted illness or difficulty.
4. Obs. A seat; chair; throne.
5. Obs. Rank, station.
—v.t. sieged, sieg·ing To besiege. [<OF <L sedes seat <sedere sit; infl. in meaning by L obsidium siege]