Definition of Beleaguer

1. Verb. Annoy persistently. "Sam cannot beleaguer Sue "; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

Exact synonyms: Badger, Bug, Pester, Tease
Generic synonyms: Bedevil, Crucify, Dun, Frustrate, Rag, Torment
Derivative terms: Badgerer, Pesterer, Tease, Tease, Teaser

2. Verb. Surround so as to force to give up. "The Turks besieged Vienna"
Exact synonyms: Besiege, Circumvent, Hem In, Surround
Generic synonyms: Assail, Attack
Specialized synonyms: Blockade, Seal Off, Ebb
Derivative terms: Besieger

Definition of Beleaguer

1. v. t. To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

Definition of Beleaguer

1. Verb. To besiege; to surround with troops. ¹

2. Verb. To vex, harass, or beset. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beleaguer

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beleaguer

belays
belch
belched
belcher
belchers
belches
belching
belchingly
belchy
beldam
beldam beldame
beldame
beldames
beldams
belead
beleaguer (current term)
beleaguered
beleaguerer
beleaguerers
beleaguering
beleaguerment
beleaguerments
beleaguers
beleap
beleaped
beleaping
beleaps
beleapt
beleave
belecture

Literary usage of Beleaguer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the by J[acob] H[arris] Patton (1867)
"Volunteers fly to Arms, and beleaguer Boston. — Stark. — Putnam. — Benedict Arnold. — Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. — Capture of Ticonderoga. ..."

2. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most (1878)
"... The wail of famine in beleaguer'd towns; The bursting shell, the gateway wrench'd asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade, And ever and anon, ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"^T There is also a native E. word to belay, a compound of be- and lay, but it means ' to besiege ' or ' beleaguer ' a castle ; see Spenser, Sonnet 14. ..."

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