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assieging

assieging is the present participle and gerund of assiege.

Meaning of assiege

Verb

assiege (third-person singular simple present assieges, present participle assieging, simple past and past participle assieged)

  1. (transitive) To besiege.
    • On th'other side, th'assieged Castles ward,
      Their stedfast stonds did mightily maintaine […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about assieging

What is assieging the present participle and gerund of?
Assieging is the present participle and gerund of assiege.

Words near assieging in the dictionary

  1. assiduously
  2. assiduousness
  3. assiege
  4. assieged
  5. assieges
  6. assieging
  7. assientist
  8. assientists
  9. assiento
  10. assientoes
  11. assientos

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