assediare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin assediāre, reshaping of Classical Latin obsidēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.seˈdja.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: as‧se‧dià‧re
Verb
assediàre (first-person singular present assèdio, first-person singular past historic assediài, past participle assediàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (military) to besiege, to lay siege to
- Synonym: cingere d'assedio
- (by extension) to beset, to surround
- Synonym: circondare
- (figurative) to nag, to pester
- Synonym: assillare
Conjugation
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Further reading
- assediare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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