Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beleaguer"
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["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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
beleaguer
v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
his stammer" [syn: {tease}, {badger}, {harass}, {pester},
{bug}]
2: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn: {besiege}, {surround}, {hem in}, {circumvent}]
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