Obs. In 4 ensege, -segge. [a. OF. enseger, -segger (mod.F. assiéger). Cf. ASSIEGE.] trans. To besiege. Also fig.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Serm., Sel. Wks. I. 25. Titus and Waspasian … ensegiden Jerusalem. Ibid., II. 155. Þei ensegen þe soulis of men.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1337. Ensegge all þa cetese be the salte strandez.
c. 1400. Maundev. (Roxb.), XIII. 58. When twa rewmes er at were and owþer party ensegez citee, toune or castell.
