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5 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
originFrom Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *sēdicum, from Latin sēdicŭlum, sēdēcula (“small seat”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0