Word: besieging
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: be
sie
ging
Definition: The act by which a place is besieged.
Morphemes:
Affix: be-
Language: en
Meaning: around, about
Affix: siege
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sedeō
Language: la
Decoded: sedeo
Meaning: I sit
Affix: -ēs
Language: la
Decoded: -es
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: used to form a third-declension feminine abstract noun designating the result of an action from a verb root or conceived root form
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.