[{"word":"besieging","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To assail or ply, as with requests or demands.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which a place is besieged.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/besiege","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/besieging"]}]