| Pronunciation: | | bi'leegur
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| Matching Terms: | | beleaguerer, beleaguering
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- [v] surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
- [v] annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
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| | Synonyms: | | badger, besiege, bug, circumvent, harass, hem in, pester, surround, tease |
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| | See Also: | | assail, attack, bedevil, blockade, crucify, dun, ebb, frustrate, rag, seal off, torment |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beleaguered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Beleaguering}.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.
belagern, Sw. bel["a]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.
The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.
Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
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| | Related Terms: | | annoy, bedevil, beset, besiege, blockade, bound, box in, cage, chamber, close in, compass, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, envelop, fence in, gnaw, harass, harry, hedge in, hem in, house in, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, invest, jail, kennel, lay siege to, leaguer, mew, mew up, pen, pen in, pester, plague, pocket, quarantine, rail in, shrine, shut in, shut up, siege, soften up, stable, storm, surround, tease, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up |
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