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The meaning of BELEAGUER is besiege. How to use beleaguer in a sentence. Did you know?
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to surround someone in order to attack them: They were beleaguered by enemy armies. Fewer examples. Conflicts and uncertainties beleaguered the court during the weeks following the King's death. A plague of doves hit the town in 1896, devouring crops and beleaguering the people.
verb [ T ] formal us / bɪˈliː.ɡɚ / uk / bɪˈliː.ɡə r/ Add to word list. to cause a lot of problems or difficulties for someone: We have issues in our community that continue to plague and beleaguer us. to surround someone in order to attack them: They were beleaguered by enemy armies. Fewer examples.
Beleaguer means to pester or badger with persistence. A babysitter might find annoying the children who beleaguer her with requests for candy, cookies, games, and piggyback rides all at the same time.
to surround or beset, as with troubles. Synonyms: hector, plague, annoy, vex, badger, pester, harass, bother. beleaguer. / bɪˈliːɡə / verb. to trouble persistently; harass. to lay siege to.
What does the verb beleaguer mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb beleaguer . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
2 meanings: 1. to trouble persistently; harass 2. to lay siege to.... Click for more definitions.
