Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beleaguered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Beleaguering}.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.
belagern, Sw. bel[aum]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be-
+ leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See {Lair}.]
To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to
besiege; to blockade.
[1913 Webster]
The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beleaguer
v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
his stammer" [syn: {tease}, {badger}, {pester}, {bug},
{beleaguer}]
2: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn: {besiege}, {beleaguer}, {surround}, {hem in},
{circumvent}]
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