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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

beleaguer
    v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
         his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug,
         beleaguer]
    2: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
       Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in,
       circumvent]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beleaguered; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.
   belagern, Sw. bel[aum]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.
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         The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
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Thesaurus Results for beleaguer:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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