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beleaguer

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/bɪˈliː.ɡə/(UK)
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/bɪˈliː.ɡə/(UK) · /bəˈliː.ɡə/(UK) · /bɪˈli.ɡɚ/

Definition of beleaguer

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To besiege; to surround with troops.
    “I have read in some old marvellous tale, / Some legend strange and vague, / That a midnight host of spectres pale / Beleaguered the walls of Prague. // Beside the Moldau's rushing stream, / With the wan moon overhead, / There stood, as in an awful dream, / The army of the dead.”
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verb

  1. To besiege; to surround with troops.
    “I have read in some old marvellous tale, / Some legend strange and vague, / That a midnight host of spectres pale / Beleaguered the walls of Prague. // Beside the Moldau's rushing stream, / With the wan moon overhead, / There stood, as in an awful dream, / The army of the dead.”
  2. To vex, harass, or beset.
  3. To exhaust.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch belegeren and/or Middle Low German belēgeren; equivalent to be- + lair. Compare also German belagern, Danish belejre. The English spelling was perhaps influenced by unrelated league.

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