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sedere
Vulgar Latin · medieval
"to sit"
to sit, the root of an army settling in to surround and starve out a stronghold
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assegier
Old French · medieval
"to surround a fortified place"
carried into French military vocabulary for surrounding a fortified place
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Stage 3 of 3
siege
English · 1200s
"a prolonged military blockade of a fortified place"
settled as the English word for a military blockade of a fortified place
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