Under Siege Inside and Out, Does Not Budge

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Syria, Under Siege Inside and Out, Does Not Budge

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR 4:58 AM ET

Officials in President Bashar al-Assad’s government are clinging to the claim that they are besieged by a foreign plot, not confronted by a true popular uprising.

budge¹ (bŭj)

v., budged, budg·ing, budg·es. v.intr.

1. To move or stir slightly: The trapped child was stuck tight and couldn't budge.
2. To alter a position or attitude: had made the decision and wouldn't budge.

v.tr.

1. To cause to move slightly.
2. To cause to alter a position or attitude: an adamant critic who couldn't be budged.

[Old French bouger, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre, to bubble, from Latin bullīre, to boil.]

budge² (bŭj)
n.
Fur made from lambskin dressed with the wool outside, formerly used to trim academic robes.

adj. Archaic
Overformal; pompous.

[Middle English bouge, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin bugia, probably from Latin bulga, leather bag. See budget.]