beleaguer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beleaguer	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beleaguer v annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" Synonym(s): tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" Synonym(s): besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beleaguered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beleaguering}.] [D. belegeren (akin to G. belagern, Sw. bel[84]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.