Definition of Beleaguering

1. Noun. The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.


Definition of Beleaguering

1. Verb. (present participle of beleaguer) ¹

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Definition of Beleaguering

1. beleaguer [v] - See also: beleaguer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beleaguering

belchers
belches
belching
belchingly
belchy
beldam
beldam beldame
beldame
beldames
beldams
belead
beleaguer
beleaguered
beleaguerer
beleaguerers
beleaguering (current term)
beleaguerment
beleaguerments
beleaguers
beleap
beleaped
beleaping
beleaps
beleapt
beleave
belecture
belectured
belectures
belecturing
belee

Literary usage of Beleaguering

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

1. Notes from Plymouth Pulpit: A Collection of Memorable Passages from the by Henry Ward Beecher (1859)
"... TIME is to us as a beleaguering array; parallel after parallel is drawn around us, and ever and anon we see an enemy's flag waving over some outwork. ..."

2. Of Joyous Gard by Frank Carr (1890)
"Hither, shall hide another royal love, But 'with beleaguering hosts: and with the hosts Consuming suffering; so, the cordial Keep Be Dolorous Gard, again. ..."

3. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs by Robert Henry Charles (1908)
"0/3-a read " beleaguering, and dogs for rending in pieces of enemies. ... The beleaguering may refer to Pompey's siege of Jerusalem. ..."

4. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1899)
"A Scottish force under the Earl of Leven, numbering about 20000 men, arrived from the North, and formed a beleaguering line from about Poppleton Ferry to ..."

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