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