περιχᾰρᾰκ-όω,
surround with a stockade, τὸ τεῖχος [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.236 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; fortify, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.56.8; π. [πόλιν] ἐκ θαλάσσης ἐς θάλασσαν 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 96.39 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; blockade, besiege, [[ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἰβηρική” 90 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be besieged, [[ 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 2.2.5 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] (περιχᾰρᾰκ-εύομαι [[[prev. passage], assuming variant): _metaphorically_, πατρίδα συμβουλίαις -κεχαρακωμένην 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.64. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]