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beleaguer
/ bɪˈliːɡə /
verb
- to trouble persistently; harass
- to lay siege to
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- be·lea·guer·er noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beleaguer1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beleaguer1
C16: from be- + leaguer 1
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Example Sentences
And yet I cannot think that any Scottish or French rovers could land in such force as to beleaguer the fortalice.
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Somehow that seemed to make her matter less, and Dodo had not at present made any determined effort to beleaguer her.
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For Edward took his army to beleaguer Calais, and after blockading it for nearly a year forced it to surrender.
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The bold beleaguer'd post the hero gains, And the hard siege with various fate sustains.
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In his tragedy of Ezelino, after the tyrant's downfall, a captain is sent to beleaguer Treviso, and reduce Ezelino's garrison.
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