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The word's etymology came into our language from the Latin word obsessus which means "to besiege or beset."
unknown title 2009
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The word's etymology came into our language from the Latin word obsessus which means "to besiege or beset."
unknown title 2009
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The word's etymology came into our language from the Latin word obsessus which means "to besiege or beset."
unknown title 2009
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Itaque quintum jam mensem socius et amicus populi Romani armis obsessus teneor, neque mihi Micipsae patris mei beneficia neque vestra decreta auxiliantur; ferro an fame acrius urguear incertus sum.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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THERE was in Scotland one --- (an obsessus) carried in the air several times in the view of several persons, his fellow-soldiers.
Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects John Aubrey 1661
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A sais propter* cradelitatem regno palsas, moz Babj - lone obsessus captasgae a fratre Orode interficitnr.
Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel .. 1792
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