Akademik

1. noun /siːdʒ/

a) 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book III:

b) Thenne the Bisshop of Caunterbury was fette and he blessid the syeges with grete Royalte and deuocyon, and there sette the viii and xx knyghtes in her syeges [...].

2. verb /siːdʒ/

To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.