beleagueringn.
/bɪˈliːɡərɪŋ/ The act of besieging; investment.
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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun]
sieginga1382
besieging1382
siegec1385
pursuitc1425
obsidionc1429
assizec1430
assieginga1450
sitting down1495
obsession1548
besiege1552
besiegement1564
assiegement1577
investion1590
investing1597
beleaguering1603
blocking1637
investiture1649
blockade1659
begirting1660
investment1702
beleaguerment1826
1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 29 The beleguerings of Harlem.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 187 The actual beleaguering of Rome.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
beleagueringadj.
/bɪˈliːɡərɪŋ/ That beleaguers; besieging, investing.
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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] > besieging or blockading
blockading1735
beleaguering1753
investing1780
besieging1813
leaguering1816
1753 Scots Mag. 15 76/2 Beleag'ring foes.
1870 Evening Standard 28 Oct. Break through the beleaguering lines.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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