siege

Meanings

Noun

• Military action.
• A seat.
• A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

Verb

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

Origin

• From Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *sēdicum, from Latin sēdicŭlum, sēdēcula, from Latin sēdēs ("seat").